AIZAWL, July 6 (PTI): Mizoram on Wednesday reported 91 new Covid-19 cases, 47 less than the previous day, with the tally rising to 2,29,439, a health department official said.
The death toll stood at 706, as no new fatality due to the virus was reported in the last 24 hours, he said.
The single-day positivity rate dipped to 18.24 per cent from 23.19 per cent on Tuesday, as the fresh cases were detected out of 499 samples tested, the official said.
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Mizoram now has 429 active cases, while 2,28,304 people have recovered from the disease so far.
The northeastern state has thus far tested more than 19.39 lakh samples for Covid-19.
According to the state health department, over 8.66 lakh people have been inoculated till Monday.
The Mizoram government has sounded an alert, with the state registering a spike in Covid cases over the past few days.
Mizoram accounts for 30.53 per cent of active cases in the northeast region, the state’s spokesperson and nodal officer on Covid-19, Dr Pachuau Lalmalsawma, said.
