KOLKATA: Bengal completed vaccinating almost 50% of the eligible recipients in the 15-18 age group on Monday, even as the number of fresh Covid cases in Kolkata plunged below the 2,000-mark for the first time since December 31 last year, leading some experts to think that the peak of the third wave might be behind us.
While the city recorded 1,879 new cases on Monday, Bengal, too, recorded a sharp drop — from 14,938 to 9,385, even though there were 18,000 fewer tests. This was the biggest drop in fresh infections since the figure touched 24,287 on January 9, the highest single-day spike. Bengal’s positivity rate, too, has been declining. It was 29.5% on January 15, it dropped to 27.3% on January 16 and to 26.4% on Monday.
