Aizawl, Aug 21 (PTI) Mizoram reported 80 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, 122 less than the previous day, pushing the tally to 2,36,050, an official said.

The COVID-19 death toll remained at 717 as no new fatality was reported, he said.

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Lunglei district reported 22 cases, followed by Aizawl district (16) and Champhai district (13), he said.

The state now has 649 active COVID-19 cases, while 2,34,684 people have recovered from the infection so far, including 126 on Sunday.

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The COVID-19 recovery rate now is 99.42 per cent.

The state has tested more than 19.66 lakh samples for COVID-19 so far, including 399 on Saturday.

A total of 17,05193 doses of COVID-19 vaccines, including 8,74,145 first doses, 7,36,176 second doses and 94,872 precaution doses have been administered till Saturday, according to the state health department.

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