Aizawl, Jul 5 (PTI) Mizoram on Tuesday reported 138 new COVID-19 cases, the highest single-day spike in over two months, a health official said.

The toll rose to 706 as a 94-year-old man from Aizawl died on Monday, he said.

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The new cases were detected after testing 595 samples, recording a positivity rate of 23.19 per cent. On Monday, it was 22.12 per cent with 48 cases being detected, he said.

The Northeastern state now has 368 active cases.

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The state has so far recorded 2,29,348 COVID-19 cases. Of them, 2,28,274 patients have recovered, including 48 people in the last 24 hours.

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