Aizawl: Mizoram reported 135 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, 108 less than the previous day, with the tally increasing to 2,34,522, a health official said.
The state reported 243 cases on Tuesday.
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The death toll rose to 715 as three more people from Aizawl, Lunglei and Lawngtlai districts succumbed to the infection during the last 24 hours, he said.
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Lunglei district reported the highest fresh cases at 56, followed by Champhai district (26) and Siaha district (24), he said.
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The fresh cases were detected from 534 samples tested for the infection, with the single-day positivity rate at 25.30 per cent, he said.
The state currently has 1,174 active cases, while 2,32,633 people have recovered from the infection, including 172 on Tuesday, he said.
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The discharge rate stood at 99.19 per cent and the death rate at 0.30 per cent.
The state has tested more than 19.59 lakh samples for COVID-19 so far.
16,77,363 doses of vaccines, including 8,72,197 first doses, 7,31,073 second doses and 74,093 precaution doses have been administered so far till Tuesday, according to the state health department.