Bengal on Monday reported 606 new Covid-19 infections, 597 recoveries and nine deaths, as the number of active cases stayed put at 7,649.

This occurred as the number of recoveries and deaths put together equalled the number of new infections.

In 16 days, Bengal recorded a rise in its total of active cases on 11 days, a fall on four days and status quo on Monday. It had snapped out of a 97-day streak of fall in the active cases, or Covid patients under treatment, on September 26.

Bengal now has 3.67 per cent of India’s active cases, and is sixth among states with the most number of such cases.

Calcutta logged 145 new infections and North 24-Parganas 109, the only two of the state’s 23 districts with a three-digit figure of new infections in a day. Eight districts reported a single-digit figure. Seventeen districts reported zero deaths. Calcutta reported one and North 24-Parganas two.

The state’s recovery rate remained 98.32 per cent, while the national rate is 98.02. Its daily positive confirmation rate was 2.32 per cent on Monday. The state’s mortality rate is 1.2 per cent, while that of the nation is 1.33 per cent.

Bengal now has nearly 15.77 lakh Covid-19 cases since March last year, including over 15.5 lakh recoveries and 18,914 deaths.