OUR REPORTER AIZAWL, SEP 10
Mizoram reported over 1,000 fresh COVID-19 cases for the fourth consecutive day on Friday as 1,055 more people, including 185 children, tested positive, taking the tally in the state to 69,026, a health department official said. The death toll rose to 233 as three more persons succumbed to the disease, he said.
The daily infection rate was at 10.77 per cent, as the new cases were detected from 9,799 sample tests.
Two fresh patients have travel history and the remaining 1,053 were found to have contracted the infection locally, he said. The northeastern state had registered 1,061 new cases on Thursday, 1,214 on Wednesday and 1,468 on Tuesday. Aizawl reported the highest number of new cases at 570, followed by Lawngtlai at 115 and Kolasib at 96, he said.
The number of active cases now stands at 11,928, while 56,865 people have recovered from the infection.
The state has so far conducted more than 9.49 lakh sample tests for COVID-19, the official said. According to state immunisation officer Dr Lalzawmi, over 6.62 lakh people have been inoculated till Thursday with 2.87 lakh of them having received both doses of the vaccines.
(Source: The Mizoram Post Vol 19 Issue 107 Aizawl Saturday 11 September http://www.themizorampost.net/page-view?date=11-09-2021&page_no=1)