First Covid-19 Mortality in Mizoram

Mizoram, which is the only state in the country to have not reported a single Covid death since the pandemic hit the country several months back, registered its first fatality on Wednesday. The first COVID-19 related mortality in Mizoram comes as a huge shock to the entire state. He was 62 years old with existing co-morbidities and was under treatment at ZMC for more than 10 days.On Wednesday, Mizoram's Covid-19 tally rose to 2,607 as 80 more people tested positive for the infection, a health official said.Sixty-three of the 80 new cases have been locally transmitted. now active cases figure is 374. the official said. 

A woman has re-tested positive for coronavirus a few days after she was discharged from a Covid-19 care centre in Aizawl, he said.The recovery rate among the Covid-19 patients in the state stands at 85.66%, he said.The state has tested 1,07,812 samples for Covid-19 so far, the official added.