Aizawl, Feb 16 (PTI) Mizoram's COVID tally crossed the 2-lakh mark on Wednesday as the Northeastern state reported 1,616 new cases, an official said.

Two more people died in the state, taking the toll to 639, the official said.

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In the last 24 hours, 1,694 people recovered from COVID-19, following which the total recoveries rose to 1,90,222, he said.

The single-day positivity rate dipped to 23.56 per cent from 25.54 per cent the previous day, he said.

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Of the total 2,00,635 cases reported so far, 9,774 are active at present, he said.

The new cases were detected after testing 6,858 samples.

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