Guwahati, June 26 (NKTV): With 232 new positive cases of Covid-19 reported in the state of Mizoram, the state’s tally has crossed the 19,000-mark on Saturday.
Of the 232 new cases, 49 children have tested positive for the infection, a health bulletin said.
The fresh infections have pushed the state’s caseload to 19,091 while 238 more people were cured of the disease, taking the total number of recoveries to 14,554.
Presently, Mizoram has 4,448 active cases.
Aizawl registered the highest number of fresh cases at 135, followed by Kolasib (24) and Lawngtlai (19). Nine new patients have travel history, while 223 fresh infections were detected during contact tracing, the Health Department of Mizoram informed.
89 people have succumbed to the infection in Mizoram till date.
The recovery rate among the coronavirus patients in the state stands at 76.23 per cent, while the mortality rate is at 0.46 per cent.