India News | Two Persons Including 8-month-old Baby Test Positive for COVID-19 in Mizoram
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Two persons including an eight- month-old baby have tested positive for COVID-19 in Mizoram, taking the state's tally to 4,184, an official said on Monday.
Aizawl, Dec 28 (PTI) Two persons including an eight- month-old baby have tested positive for COVID-19 in Mizoram, taking the state's tally to 4,184, an official said on Monday.
The two cases were detected in Lawngtlai district through Rapid Antigen Test, he said.
The woman is a staff nurse at Lawngtlai hospital.
Both the patients have developed symptoms of COVID-19, the official said.
Mizoram now has 127 active COVID-19 cases, of which Aizawl district has 64, Lunglei (31), Lawngtlai (11), Serchhip (4), Kolasib (8), Champhai (4), Saitual (2) and Hnahthial (3) cases.
Siaha, Mamit and Khawzawl districts are COVID-19 free as of now.
Mizoram has so far reported eight COVID-19 deaths.
A total of 4,049 people have already recovered from the virus.
Altogether 1,76,234 samples have been tested for COVID-19 till date, including 103 on Sunday.
The COVID-19 recovery rate in the state is 96.78 per cent and the infection rate is 2.40 per cent, the official added.
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