June 26, 2021: The coronavirus cases in Mizoram mounted to 19,091 on Saturday as 232 more people including 49 children, tested positive for the infection on Saturday. The positivity rate stands at 5.75%.

Aizawl district registered the highest number of fresh cases at 135, followed by Kolasib (24) and Lawngtlai (19).

Nine new patients have travel history, while 223 fresh infections were detected during contact tracing, according to reports.

Taking to Twitter, DIPR Mizoram tweeted,

The recovery rate among the coronavirus patients in the state stands at 76.23 per cent, while the mortality rate is at 0.46 per cent.

The state has thus far tested over 4.72 lakh samples for COVID-19 so far, including 4,043 in the last 24 hours. The single-day positivity rate stands at 5.75 per cent.

More than 4.59 lakh people have been inoculated to date.