Bengal logs 762 more Covid infections, 11 deaths, recovery rate 98.31 per cent

The state now has 2.6 per cent of India’s active cases and is seventh among states with the highest number of such cases

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The Telegraph   |   Calcutta   |  26.09.21:  Bengal on Saturday logged 762 new Covid-19 cases, 766 recoveries and 11 deaths.

Active Covid-19 cases fell by 15 to 7,674 on Saturday in an unchecked drop of 97 days.

Bengal now has 2.6 per cent of India’s active cases, and is seventh among states with the highest number of such cases.

Calcutta logged 137 new infections and North 24-Parganas 127, the only two of Bengal’s 23 districts with a three-digit figure of new infections in a day. Seven districts reported a single-digit figure. Sixteen districts reported zero deaths on Saturday. Calcutta reported two deaths and North 24-Parganas three.

The state’s recovery rate is 98.31 per cent, the highest ever this pandemic, still fairly ahead of the national rate of 97.75.

The daily positive confirmation rate, which was nearly 33 per cent at the peak of the second wave, was 1.86 per cent on Saturday.

The state’s mortality rate is 1.2, while that of the nation is 1.33 per cent.

Bengal now has nearly 15.66 lakh Covid-19 cases, since the first was logged in March last year. The total includes more than 15.39 lakh recoveries and 18,727 casualties.