Guwahati, July 16 (NKTV): Mizoram’s Covid tally on Friday jumped to 26,207 as 456 more people, including over 100 children tested positive for the infection, a Health Department official informed.
The state also reported one more Covid-19 fatality, which took the death toll to 117.
The 456 new cases were reported from various districts with Aizawl reporting the highest at 271, followed by Kolasib at 62 and Lunglei district at 58.
Mizoram now has 5,612 active Covid-19 cases, while 20,478 people have recovered from the infection. The Covid-19 recovery rate is 78.13 per cent and the death rate is 0.44 per cent.
The state has tested over 5.46 lakh samples till date. According to state immunisation officer Dr Lalzawmi, more than 5.96 lakh people have been inoculated till Thursday, of which 1.17 lakh people have received both doses of Covid-19 vaccine.