Staff Reporter: Aizawl, Jan 19:
Six new infections today took Mizoram’s Covid-19 caseload to 4,329.
The six new cases were detected from 1,381 samples tested with RT-PCR, Truenat labs and Rapid Antigen Tests on Monday, an official statement said.
Of the six patients, five were reported from Aizawl district and one from Lawngtlai district, it said.
Five of the new patients, including one Assam Rifles personnel, have travel history.
The state active cases toady stood at 79 while 4,241 people have so far recovered from the disease, putting recovery rate at 97.96 percent.
Mizoram has so far tested 1,94,416 samples from which 4,329 cases of Covid-19 which made positivity rate of 2.22 percent.
The state has so far reported nine Covid-19 fatalities.
(Source: Newslink Vol-XXIII No. 9 Aizawl, January 20, Wednesday 2021)