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Aizawl, Aug 19 (PTI) Mizoram’s COVID-19 tally crossed the 50,000 mark on Thursday as 487 more people tested positive for the infection, a health department official said.<\/p>\n
The 487 new cases pushed the COVID-19 tally to 50,437, the official said.<\/p>\n
The COVID-19 death toll in the state rose to 188 as two more persons succumbed to the disease in the last 24 hours, he said.<\/p>\n
Fifty-two new cases were detected through RT-PCR test, 418 through Rapid Antigen Test and 17 through TrueNat test, the official said.<\/p>\n
The single-day positivity rate was 4.35 per cent as the fresh cases were detected from 11,175 samples, the official said.<\/p>\n
More than 93 children and two healthcare workers were among the newly infected people, he said, adding that one patient has a travel history while the rest 486 were found to have locally contracted the virus.<\/p>\n
Of the 487 fresh cases, Aizawl district reported (263), Kolasib (65), Lawngtlai (59), Lunglei (32), Serchhip (22), Siaha (20), Champhai (14), Hnahthial (7), and Mamit (5), he said.<\/p>\n
Mizoram currently has 8,230 active COVID-19 cases, while 42,019 people have recovered from the infection, including 1,338 people on Wednesday, he said.<\/p>\n
The COVID-19 recovery rate in the state now is 83.30 per cent and the death rate is 0.37 per cent, the official said.<\/p>\n
The state has tested more than 7.65 lakh samples for COVID-19 so far.<\/p>\n
According to state immunisation officer Dr Lalzawmi, over 6.48 lakh people have been vaccinated, of which more than 2.22 lakh people have received both doses of the COVID-19 vaccine till Wednesday.<\/p>\n
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