India News | 5 More BSF Staffers Test COVID-19 Positive in Mizoram; Tally Rises to 238

Aizawl, Jul 15 (PTI) Five more Border Security Force (BSF) personnel have tested positive for novel coronavirus in Mizoram, taking the states COVID-19 tally to 238, officials said on Wednesday.

The five jawans, aged between 42 and 53 years, recently came from Maharashtra, Jharkhand and West Bengal.

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They are posted at Folkland area in Aizawl and have been placed under quarantine since they arrived in the state, officials said.

All of them are asymptomatic.

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There are 79 active cases in the state now, while 159 people have already recovered.

Of the total 238 COVID-19 cases in the state, 64 are paramilitary forces personnel and 174 are civilians.

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