747 new cases

AIZAWL, Oct 23 : Mizoram continues to see a dip in its daily Covid-19 tally as 747 new COVID-19 cases were registered in the last 24 hours, pushing the State’s tally to 1,16,689, a Health Department official said.
With this, the State registered below 1,000 cases of COVID-19 on a single-day for nine consecutive days.
The death toll remains at 400.
The 747 cases detected from 7,318 sample tests, put the single-day positivity rate at 10.18 per cent, he said.
At least 147 children and ten prisoners were among the newly infected people.
The number of Covid-19 active cases now stands at 9,636, while 1,143 people have recovered on Friday, taking the total recovery to 1,06,653.
The recovery rate among Covid-19 patients in the State is at 91.39 per cent, and the death rate is 0.34 per cent.
The State has conducted more than 12,61 lakh sample tests for COVID-19 so far, of which 7,318 samples were tested on Thursday.
Over 6.93 lakh people have been vaccinated till Friday, of which 5 lakh people have received a full dose of COVID-19 vaccine, state immunisation officer Dr Lalzawmi said.
East Mojo