Aizawl, July 8 (PTI) At least 11 people have died of malaria in Mizoram since last year, an official of the state Health department said on Wednesday.

This was mentioned at the meeting of a "state-level task force committee on malaria mitigation" involving various departments chaired by health secretary H Lalengmawia on Wednesday, the official said.

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He said that at least 2,317 people were diagnosed with malaria, of which 3 people have died of the disease between January and May this year.

During 2019, at least 8 people have died due to malaria and 8,543 people were diagnosed with the mosquito borne disease, he said.

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Lalengmawia said that various malaria programmes should be extensively implemented at the village level. PTI

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