The total number of active cases in Bengal stood at 5,102 on Monday. ShutterstockBengal on Monday reported a recovery rate of 60.5 per cent, an improvement of 13 per cent in a week. This brings Bengal’s recovery rate ahead of the national rate of around 55 per cent. The total active cases in the state has been showing a downward trend ….As of today, there are barely 5,000-odd active cases,” said state home secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay. The discharge (recovery) rate is above 60 per cent, ahead of the national discharge rate of around 55.”However, Bengal reported 14 more Covid-19 deaths, which took the total pandemic toll to 569.

Source: The Telegraph June 22, 2020 23:37 UTC