Aizawl, Feb 22 (PTI) Mizoram reported 1,675 fresh COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, more than three times of what it had recorded a day earlier, taking the state's tally to 2,07,994, a health department official said.

The death toll rose to 646 as three more people succumbed to the infection in the last 24 hours.

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The state had registered 519 coronavirus cases and zero death the previous day.

The number of samples tested for Covid-19 on Tuesday and Monday is 7,352 and 1,914 respectively. Accordingly, the single-day positivity rate dipped to 22.78 per cent from 27.12 per cent the previous day, the official said.

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The state has so far tested more than 18 lakh samples for COVID-19.

At least 1,674 people have recovered from the infection on Tuesday, raising the total recoveries to 1,99,394.

The northeastern state now has 7,954 active cases.

The recovery rate among COVID-19 patients is 95.87 per cent and the death rate is 0.31 per cent.

According to state immunisation officer Dr Lalmuanawma Jongte, over 8 lakh people have been inoculated till Tuesday and 6.45 lakh of them have received both doses.

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