Aizawl: Mizoram on Tuesday recorded 138 new COVID-19 cases, the highest single-day spike in over two months, taking the state’s tally to 2,29,348, a health official said.
The death toll rose to 706 as a 94-year-old man from Aizawl succumbed to the infection on Monday, he said.
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The 138 fresh cases detected from 595 sample tests put the single-day positivity rate at 23.19 per cent against 22.12 per cent on the previous day, he said.
48 COVID-19 cases were reported on Monday.
The Northeastern state now has 368 active cases, while 2,28,274 people have recuperated from the disease, including 48 people on Monday.
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The recovery rate among COVID-19 patients stood at 99.53 per cent and the death rate at 0.30 per cent.
The northeastern state has so far tested more than 19.39 lakh samples for Covid-19.