Bengal snapped out of a 97-day streak of constant fall in the total of active cases on September 26. Bengal on Friday recorded a rise again, for the ninth day in the past 13 days, in total active Covid-19 cases, as it increased by 32 to 7,625, with 784 new infections, 746 recoveries and six deaths. The state has 3.2 per cent of the national total of active cases, and remains seventh on the list of states with the highest number of such cases. Nineteen Bengal districts reported zero deaths on Friday. Bengal now has nearly 15.75 lakh Covid-19 cases since the first was logged in March last year.

Source: The Telegraph October 08, 2021 20:03 UTC