India News | Nine New COVID-19 Cases in Mizoram

Aizawl, Dec 9 (PTI) Nine more people, including four Border Security Force (BSF) jawans have tested positive for COVID-19 in Mizoram, pushing the state's coronavirus tally to 3,977, an official said on Wednesday.

Of the nine cases, five were reported from Lunglei district, two from Lawngtlai and one case each was reported from Serchhip and Khawzawl districts, he said.

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Five patients, including four BSF jawans, have returned from other states.

According to the official, the number of active COVID-19 cases in the state now is 199 while 3,772 people have recovered from the virus.

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The recovery rate is 94.85 per cent while the infection rate is 2.49 per cent.

The state has so far reported six COVID-19 fatalities and all the victims belonged to Aizawl district.

Altogether, 1,59,750 samples have been tested till date, including 906 in the last 24 hours.

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