Staff Reporter Aizawl, July 28:
Mizoram reported 727 fresh infections of COVID-19 and one more death due to the infection, pushing the State's tally to 35,297 and toll to 140.
A 78-year-old man from Central Jail Veng, Aizawl succumbed to the viral infection at 5:50pm on Tuesday.
Detected from 5,206 samples, the 727 new cases put the single-day's positivity rate at 13.96 per cent.
Aizawl district reported the highest number of cases at 487, followed by Kolasib at 74, Lunglei at 53 and Lawngtlai at 51. Mamit reported 38 cases, and four districts of Siaha, Serchhip, Champhai and Saitual reported six, five, three and two cases respectively.
After 263 recovered patients were discharged today till 5:00pm, Mizoram has 10,611 active cases while a total of 24,496 have recovered from the disease.
(Source: Newslink Vol-XXIII No. 161Aizawl July 29, Thursday 2021)