Bengal on Monday reported 615 new Covid19 infections, 676 recoveries and 14 deaths, resulting in a drop by 75 in its active cases to 7,945 now, below 8,000 again after November 11.

Calcutta reported 173 new infections and five deaths on Monday. North 24Parganas reported 138 new infections and four deaths.

These were the only two of the state’s 23 districts with a threedigit figure of new cases found in a day. Nine districts reported a single digit figure.

Calcutta, North and South 24Parganas, Howrah, Hooghly and Nadia accounted for 466 or 75.77 per cent of the new infections detected on Monday.

Seventeen districts reported zero deaths.

A minister new infections reported on Monday indicated infections between November 13 (Jagaddhatri Puja) and November 17.

Over the past 58 days since Bengal broke its 97day streak of fall in active case numbers or Covid patients under treatment, there has been a net rise of 271 in active cases, from 7,674.

Bengal’s daily positive confirmation rate, which was nearly 33 per cent at the peak of the second wave, was 2.34 per cent on Monday.

The state’s recovery rate is 98.3 per cent, a shade below the national rate of 98.31.

Its mortality rate is 1.2 per cent, while that of the nation is 1.34 per cent.

Bengal now has over 16.1 lakh Covid19 cases since the first logged in March 2020. The total includes more than 15.83 lakh recoveries and 19,397 deaths.