Aizawl, Apr 27 (PTI) Mizoram on Wednesday reported 164 fresh COVID-19 cases, 62 more than the previous day, taking the tally to 2,27,152, a health official said.

The coronavirus death toll rose to 696 as a 36-year-old man from Aizawl succumbed to the infection. The single-day positivity increased to 18 per cent from 13.72 per cent on the previous day as the fresh cases were detected from the clinical examination of 907 samples.

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Mizoram now has 645 active cases, while 2,25,811 people have recovered from the infection thus far.

The COVID-19 recovery rate now is 99.41 per cent and the death rate is 0.30 per cent, the health official said.

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The northeastern state has so far tested more than 19.17 samples for COVID-19.

According to state immunisation officer, Lalmuanawma Jongte, over 8.45 lakh people have been inoculated till Tuesday.

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