Bengal on Sunday reported 583 new Covid-19 infections, 591 recoveries and six deaths, resulting in a drop in active cases by 14, to 7,548.

Calcutta reported 227 new infections and North 24-Parganas reported 108. Calcutta, North and South 24-Parganas, Howrah, Hooghly and Nadia accounted for 456 or 78.22 per cent of new infections detected on Sunday.

Calcutta logged two deaths and North 24-Parganas four. Twenty-one districts reported zero deaths.

Bengal’s daily positive confirmation rate, almost 33 per cent at the peak of the second wave, was 1.59 per cent on Sunday.

The state’s recovery rate is 98.33 per cent, below the national rate of 98.36 per cent. Its mortality rate is 1.21 per cent, while that of the nation is 1.33 per cent.

In the past 78 days since Bengal snapped out of a 97day streak of constant fall in active cases ahead of the Puja season on September 26, the total rose on 34 days and fell on 42 days. In these 78 days, there has been a net fall of 126 in the total.

The number of new cases reported on Sunday indicates people who got infected between December 3 and 7.

Bengal now has over 16.23 lakh Covid19 cases, since the first was logged in March last year. The total includes more than 15.96 lakh recoveries and 19,600 deaths.