OUR REPORTER AIZAWL, AUG 3
748 more people have tested positive for novel coronavirus, pushing the state's tally to 40111, a health department official said on Tuesday.
The fresh cases were reported from various districts with Aizawl registering the highest at 467, the official said.
162 fresh cases were confirmed at RT-PCR laboratory in Zoram Medical College (ZMC), while 548 were detected through Rapid Antigen Test and 38 through TrueNat tests, he said. The single-day positivity rate was 8.11% per cent as the fresh cases were detected from 6462 samples.
Of the 748 patients, 376 have developed symptoms of Covid-19.
Mizoram now has 12316 active cases, while 27642 people have recovered from the infection.
(Source: The Mizoram Post Vol 19 Issue 69 Aizawl Wednesday 04 August http://www.themizorampost.net/page-view?date=04-08-2021&page_no=1)