Aizawl: At least 575 people, including 112 children, have tested positive for COVID-19 in Mizoram, pushing the state’s tally to 47,471, an official said.
The COVID-19 death toll in the state also increased to 174 as a 64-year-old man from Lawngtlai district died at Zoram Medical College (ZMC) on Thursday night, he said.
The fresh COVID-19 cases detected from 8,083 samples put the single-day positivity rate at 7.11 per cent in Mizoram, he said.
According to the official, Aizawl district reported 302 new cases, Kolasib district (97), Mamit district (55), Lawngtlai district (50), Lunglei district (35), Serchhip district (19), Champhai district (9), Hnahthial district (5) and Saitual district reported 3 cases.
Two patients have travel history and the rest 573 were found to have locally contracted the infection, he said
Of the 575 patients, 362 have developed symptoms of COVID-19.
The number of COVID-19 active cases now stands at 11,620, while 35,677 people have recovered from the infection, including 943 people on Thursday.
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The recovery rate among COVID-19 patients is 75.15 per cent and the death rate is 0.36 per cent.
Mizoram has tested more than 7.9 lakh samples for COVID-19 till date.
According to state immunisation officer Dr Lalzawmi over 6.43 lakh people have been vaccinated, of which 2.16 lakh people have received both the doses of the COVID-19 vaccine till Thursday.