Bengal logs 725 new Covid cases, 867 recoveries and 8 deaths

The state’s mortality rate is 1.2, while that of the nation is 1.34 per cent

Bengal now has over 15.93 lakh Covid-19 cases, since the first was logged in March last year.

File picture

Meghdeep Bhattacharyya   |   TT  |  Calcutta   |   02.11.21: Bengal on Monday reported 725 new Covid-19 cases, 867 recoveries and eight deaths, resulting in a dip by 150 in its active cases to 8,146.

Since Bengal snapped out of a 97-day streak of fall in active cases or number of Covid patients under treatment on September 26, there has been a net rise of 472 in active cases, from the 7,674 of September 25.

A minister said the new infections reported on Monday were indicative of people who got infected in the October 23 (three days after Lakshmi Puja) and 27.

Calcutta, North and South 24-Parganas, Howrah, Hooghly and Nadia accounted for 531 – 73.24 per cent – of the new infections detected on Monday.

Calcutta reported 205 new infections, the only one of the state’s 23 districts with a three-digit figure of new cases in a day. Seven districts reported a single-digit figure. Seventeen districts reported zero deaths. Calcutta reported one death and North 24-Parganas reported two.

The state’s mortality rate is 1.2, while that of the nation is 1.34 per cent.

Bengal now has over 15.93 lakh Covid-19 cases, since the first was logged in March last year. The total includes over 15.66 lakh recoveries and 19,149 casualties.