Mizoram reported 140 new Covid-19 cases on Wednesday, taking the tally to 2,31,066 a health department official said.
The state had reported 280 cases on Tuesday.
The Covid-19 death toll remained at 706 as no fresh fatality was reported, he said.Â
Aizawl district reported 75 new Covid-19 cases, followed by Lunglei (15) and Mamit (14), he said.
The single-day positivity rate increased to 29.85 percent from 27.72 percent on the previous day.
Mizoram now has 885 active Covid-19 cases, while 2,29,475 people have recovered from the infection.
The Covid-19 recovery rate now is 99.31 percent.
More than 19.46 lakh samples have been tested for Covid-19 so far, including 469 samples on Tuesday.Â
Altogether 16,48,390 doses of vaccines, including 8,68,261 Â first doses, 7,24,778 second doses, and 5,53,51 precaution doses have been administered so far till Tuesday, according to the state health department.
(Inputs from PTI)Â
