Aizawl: At least 1,754 people in Mizoram, including state agriculture minister C. Lalrinsanga, have tested positive for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, pushing the total COVID-19 count to 1,85,227, a health department official said on Sunday.
The number of fresh cases fell by 23 compared with the previous day, he said.
A total of 1,777 COVID-19 cases were reported on Saturday.
The official said that Lalrinsanga developed mild symptoms of COVID-19 and is currently under home isolation.
He said the death toll rose to 623 after two more persons from Aizawl and Lunglei districts succumbed to the infection in the last 24 hours.
The single-day positivity rate dipped to 26.45 per cent from 27.38 per cent the previous day, he said.
Aizawl district continues to register the highest number of fresh cases at 1,013, followed by Lunglei district (126) and Mamit district (132), he said.
The northeastern state now has 13,348 COVID-19 active cases, while 1,507 people have recovered in the last 24 hours, taking the total recoveries to 1,71,256.
The recovery rate among COVID-19 patients is 92.45 per cent, and the death rate is 0.33 per cent.
The northeastern state has so far tested more than 17.12 lakh samples for COVID-19. Of this, 6,632 samples were tested on Saturday.
According to state immunisation officer Dr Lalmuanawma Jongte, over 7.97 lakh people have been inoculated till Saturday, and 6.17 lakh of them have received the full dose.
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