Aizawl: Mizoram’s single-day COVID-19 recoveries outnumber fresh cases as 779 people have recovered in the last 24 hours, taking the total recoveries to 2,15,252, a health department official said.

The overall recovery rate now stands at 98.21 per cent and the death rate is 0.30 per cent, he said. 

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As many as 665 people have died due to COVID-19 so far and no fatality was reported in the last 24 hours, he said.

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The state reported 483 fresh COVID-19 cases on Wednesday-356 less than the previous day- taking the state’s tally to 2,19,156.

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The single-day positivity rate dipped to 16.18 per cent from 18.72 per cent the previous day, he said.

The northeastern state has so far tested 18.57 lakh samples for COVID-19 and of this 2,986 samples were tested on Tuesday.

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The state now has 3,239 COVID-19 active cases.

According to state immunisation officer Lalmuanawma Jongte, more than 8 lakh people have been inoculated till Wednesday out of which over 6.55 lakh have been fully vaccinated.