Bengal on Wednesday reported 862 new Covid19 infections, 830 recoveries and eight deaths, resulting in a rise by 24 in its active cases to 8,051.

A minister said new infec¬tions reported on Wednesday indicated people infected be¬tween November 8 and 12 (the day before Jagaddhatri Puja).

Calcutta logged 238 new infections and two deaths. North 24Parganas reported 122 new infections and three deaths.

These were the only two of the state’s 23 districts with a threedigit figure of new cases found in a day. Seven districts reported a singledigit figure of new infections. Eighteen Bengal districts reported zero deaths.

Calcutta, North and South 24Parganas, Howrah, Hooghly and Nadia accounted for 620 or 71.93 per cent of the new infections detected on Wednesday.
Over the past 53 days since Bengal snapped out of a 97day fall in active cases or Covid patients under treatment, there has been a net rise of 377 in the state’s total of active cases, from 7,674.

The state’s recovery rate is 98.3 per cent, while that of the nation is 98.28.

Bengal’s daily positive confirmation rate, which was nearly 33 per cent at the peak of the second wave, was 1.97 per cent on Wednesday.
The state’s mortality rate is 1.2 per cent, while that of the nation is 1.33 per cent.

Bengal now has over 16.06 lakh Covid19 cases, since the first was logged in March last year. The total includes over 15.79 lakh recoveries and 19,341 deaths.