27 students positive

AIZAWL, Oct 28: Of the 80 people who tested positive for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, 27 are students taking the tally in the State to 2607 on Wednesday, reports NNN.
According to the Health Department, 27 school students, 11 army personnel and one Mizoram policeman are among the new cases recorded in the State.
The Health Department said that, out of the 80 fresh cases of COVID-19, 76 cases were detected from Aizawl district, 2 from Lawngtlai district and one each from Khawzawl and Saitual districts.
63 of the 80 fresh cases were locally transmitted while the rest, 17 are returnees. Contact tracing is underway.
A COVID-19 recovered person was infected again for the second time. The patient, a female from Aizawl, was discharged a few days ago from a Covid-19 Care Centre after recovering. The Health Department also said that out of the 80 fresh cases, 62 are asymptomatic while the rest developed symptoms.
Meanwhile, 5 persons were discharged from various COVID-19 Care Centres on Wednesday after they recovered from the disease.
The Health Department added that there are 368 active cases in the State while 2,238 people have already recovered.
The recovery rate in Mizoram is 85.85 per cent, according to the Health Department. It also said the State has reported one Covid-19 death.
It can be mentioned here that altogether, 1,07,812 samples have been tested till date in Mizoram.