Aizawl: Mizoram reported 149 fresh COVID-19 cases on Wednesday- 26 less than the previous day- taking the state’s tally to 2,25,112, a health department official said.
The state reported 175 COVID-19 cases on Tuesday. The state has not reported any COVID-19 fatality since Monday and the death toll now is 687, he said.
The 149 fresh cases detected from 1,423 sample tests put the single-day positivity rate at 10.47 per cent against 16.4 per cent on the previous day, he said.
The state now has 755 COVID-19 active cases, while 2,23,670 people have recovered from the infection so far, including 157 people on Wednesday.
The recovery rate among COVID-19 patients in the state stood at 99.36 per cent and the death rate is 0.30 per cent. The state has so far tested more than 19 lakh samples for COVID-19.
According to state immunisation officer Dr Lalmuanawma Jongte, over 8.30 lakh people have been inoculated till Tuesday and 6.70 lakh of them have received the full dose.
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