516 infections, 519 recoveries and six deaths in Bengal

Calcutta, North and South 24-Parganas, Howrah, Hooghly and Nadia accounted for 404 – 78.29 per cent – of the new cases detected on Thursday

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TT Special Correspondent   |   Calcutta   |   24.12.21  :  Bengal on Thursday logged 516 Covid-19 infections, 519 recoveries and six deaths, resulting in a drop in the total of active cases by nine to 7,433. Calcutta reported 178 infections and two deaths on Thursday.

In the past 89 days since Bengal snapped out of a 97day streak of constant fall in the total of active cases ahead of the Puja season on September 26, the total rose on 36 days and fell on 51 days.

Over these 89 days, there has been a net fall of 241 in the total.

The number of new infections reported on Thursday is indicative of people that got infected in the December 14 to December 18 window.

Calcutta reported 178 new infections, the only one of the state’s 23 districts with a three-digit figure of new cases found. Twelve districts reported a single-digit figure.

Calcutta, North and South 24-Parganas, Howrah, Hooghly and Nadia accounted for 404 – 78.29 per cent – of the new infections detected on Thursday.

The daily positive confirmation rate, which was nearly 33 per cent at the peak of the second wave, was 1.42 per cent on Thursday.

The state’s recovery rate is 98.33 per cent, below the national rate of 98.4.

Eighteen Bengal districts reported zero deaths. Calcutta reported two, while North 24-Parganas reported one.

The state’s mortality rate is 1.21, while that of the nation is 1.34 per cent.

Bengal now has nearly 16.29 lakh Covid19 cases, since the first was logged in March last year. The total includes around 16.02 lakh recoveries and 19,702 casualties.