Bengal logs 749 new cases, 744 recoveries and 15 deaths

The state’s recovery rate remained 98.32 per cent, still ahead of the national rate of 97.83 per cent

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The Telegraph   |   TT  |  Calcutta   |   01.10.21: Bengal on Thursday recorded 749 new Covid-19 infections, 744 recoveries and 15 deaths.

The state saw a fall again in its active Covid-19 cases, that dropped by 10 to reach 7,570.

“There have been two days of rise and three days of fall in five days. We do not find it too worrisome yet,” said a minister. On Sunday, Bengal broke a 97-day streak of fall in the total of active cases.

Calcutta logged 149 new infections and three deaths.

North 24-Parganas reported 123 new infections and four deaths, These were only two of the state’s 23 districts with a three-digit figure of new infections in a day.

Six districts reported a single-digit figure of new infections. Sixteen districts reported zero deaths.

The state now has 2.8 per cent of India’s active cases, and is seventh among states with the most such cases.

The state’s recovery rate remained 98.32 per cent, still ahead of the national rate of 97.83 per cent. Its daily positive confirmation rate, once almost 33 per cent at the peak of the second wave, was 1.9 per cent on Thursday. The state’s mortality rate is 1.2 per cent, while that of the nation is 1.33 per cent.

Bengal now has over 15.69 lakh Covid-19 cases, since the first was logged in March last year. The total includes nearly 15.43 lakh recoveries and 18,793 deaths.