Bengal logs 619 cases, 637 recoveries and 11 deaths

The state’s recovery rate remained 98.32 per cent, still fairly ahead of the national rate of 97.9 per cent

The total number of active Covid cases fell by 29 to reach 7,575.:Shutterstock

TT  |   Calcutta   |  06.10.21: Bengal on Tuesday recorded a fall in total active Covid-19 cases as the state logged 619 infections, 637 recoveries and 11 deaths.

The total number of active cases fell by 29 to reach 7,575. This is the fourth day in the past 10 days that a fall was recorded.

Bengal snapped out of a 97-day streak of constant fall in the total of active cases on September 26.

The state has over three per cent of the national total of active cases and remains seventh on the list of states with the highest number on that count.

Calcutta on Tuesday logged 126 infections, while North 24-Parganas reported 115, the only two districts with three-digit figures of fresh cases. Seven districts reported single-digit figures.

The state’s recovery rate remained 98.32 per cent, still fairly ahead of the national rate of 97.9.

The daily positive confirmation rate, which was nearly 33 per cent at the peak of the second wave, was 1.75 per cent on Tuesday.

Eighteen Bengal districts reported zero deaths on Tuesday. Calcutta logged three and North 24-Parganas four.

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

Bengal now has over 15.72 lakh Covid-19 cases since the first was logged in March last year. The total includes over 15.46 lakh recoveries and 18,848 deaths.