Bengal: 782 new infections, 792 recoveries, active cases fall by 5

Bengal on Monday reported 782 new Covid-19 infections, 792 recoveries and five deaths, resulting in a fall again, after six days, by five in active cases to 8,047.
A minister said new infections reported on Monday indicated people infected between November 6 (two days after Kali Puja) and 10.

Over the past 51 days since Bengal snapped out of a 97-day fall in active cases, there has been a net rise of 373 in active cases, from 7,674.
Calcutta reported 216 new infections and one death.
North 24-Parganas reported 123 new infections and one death. These were the only two of the state’s 23 districts with a three-digit figure of new cases detected in a day.