OUR REPORTER AIZAWL, AUG 24
845 more people have tested positive for novel coronavirus, pushing the state's tally to 53317, a health department official said on Tuesday.]
The fresh cases were reported from various districts with Aizawl registering the highest at 483, the official said. 110 fresh cases were confirmed at RT-PCR laboratory in Zoram Medical College (ZMC), while 718 were detected through Rapid Antigen Test and 17 through TrueNat tests, he said.
The single-day positivity rate was 8.36% per cent as the fresh cases were detected from 10, 104 samples.
Of the 845 patients, 444 have developed symptoms of Covid-19. Mizoram now has 6328 active cases, while 46789 people have recovered from the infection.
(Source: The Mizoram Post Vol 19 Issue 89 Aizawl Wednesday 25 August http://www.themizorampost.net/page-view?date=25-08-2021&page_no=1)