Mizoram Coronavirus Cases

With 3,600 fresh coronavirus cases, Mizoram saw a big spike today and recorded a positivity rate of 15 per cent. The surge in cases is nearly six times higher than what the northeastern state recorded about a week ago.

A surge in Coronavirus cases has heralded another pandemic-tinged Christmas in Mizoram, with Santa's arrival and longed-for community feast overshadowed by the prospect of yet more Covid restrictions.

The government wrote to five states - Odisha, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Mizoram, and the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir - to express concern over a rapid increase in daily new Covid cases and underline the danger posed by Omicron.

A four-member central team accessed the COVID-19 situation in Mizoram amid a worrying surge in infections in the northeastern state. Mizoram crossed one lakh Covid cases yesterday with 1,471 people testing positive for the virus.

Four-member central team, led by National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) consultant-epidemiologist Dr Vinita Gupta, arrived in Aizawl on Tuesday to assess the COVID-19 situation, amid the surge in infections in the state, official statement said.

A central team of health experts will soon visit Mizoram, which has been witnessing a spurt in COVID-19 cases, an official said on Friday.

India reported 38,948 fresh COVID-19 cases today, 8.9 per cent lower than yesterday. The total active cases is 4,04,874. The government said so far 68.75 crore doses of vaccines have been administered across the country.

At least 520 more people, including 106 children, tested positive for COVID-19 in Mizoram, taking the tally in the state to 21,854, a health department official said.

Mizoram's COVID-19 tally soared to 18,409 on Wednesday as 430 more people, including 103 jail inmates, tested positive for the infection, a health official said.

With 44,281 new infections, India's total number of COVID-19 cases today went up to 86,36,012, and the 512 new deaths since Tuesday took the overall count to 1,27,571. The total active cases now stand at 4,94,657 following a decrease of 6,557 in the past 24 hrs. The total recoveries, too, have gone up by over 50,000 to little more than 80 lakh. Up ...

A 66-year-old coronavirus patient died today in Mizoram as the northeastern state logged its first death linked to the highly contagious virus, which has affected nearly 80 lakh people in India so far. While the country has reported over 1.2 lakh Covid-linked fatalities, Mizoram - that has reported over 2,600 cases - had not seen any deaths so far.

Twenty-two Assam Rifles personnel are among 23 more people testing positive for COVID-19 in Mizoram, officials said on Tuesday.

A case against a doctor, who was treating COVID-19 patients at a state-run hospital and later found positive, and two other medical staff was registered on Thursday for defying lockdown and flouting safety rules by playing futsal, police said.

In view of the surge in coronavirus cases in neighbouring states and the return of stranded people, the Mizoram government will extend the ongoing lockdown for another two weeks to curtail the spread of the pandemic, state Health Minister R Lalthangliana said on Saturday.

Mizoram became coronavirus-free with the discharge of the lone COVID-19 patient from a hospital on Saturday, officials said.

With 3,600 fresh coronavirus cases, Mizoram saw a big spike today and recorded a positivity rate of 15 per cent. The surge in cases is nearly six times higher than what the northeastern state recorded about a week ago.

A surge in Coronavirus cases has heralded another pandemic-tinged Christmas in Mizoram, with Santa's arrival and longed-for community feast overshadowed by the prospect of yet more Covid restrictions.

The government wrote to five states - Odisha, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Mizoram, and the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir - to express concern over a rapid increase in daily new Covid cases and underline the danger posed by Omicron.

A four-member central team accessed the COVID-19 situation in Mizoram amid a worrying surge in infections in the northeastern state. Mizoram crossed one lakh Covid cases yesterday with 1,471 people testing positive for the virus.

Four-member central team, led by National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) consultant-epidemiologist Dr Vinita Gupta, arrived in Aizawl on Tuesday to assess the COVID-19 situation, amid the surge in infections in the state, official statement said.

A central team of health experts will soon visit Mizoram, which has been witnessing a spurt in COVID-19 cases, an official said on Friday.

India reported 38,948 fresh COVID-19 cases today, 8.9 per cent lower than yesterday. The total active cases is 4,04,874. The government said so far 68.75 crore doses of vaccines have been administered across the country.

At least 520 more people, including 106 children, tested positive for COVID-19 in Mizoram, taking the tally in the state to 21,854, a health department official said.

Mizoram's COVID-19 tally soared to 18,409 on Wednesday as 430 more people, including 103 jail inmates, tested positive for the infection, a health official said.

With 44,281 new infections, India's total number of COVID-19 cases today went up to 86,36,012, and the 512 new deaths since Tuesday took the overall count to 1,27,571. The total active cases now stand at 4,94,657 following a decrease of 6,557 in the past 24 hrs. The total recoveries, too, have gone up by over 50,000 to little more than 80 lakh. Up ...

A 66-year-old coronavirus patient died today in Mizoram as the northeastern state logged its first death linked to the highly contagious virus, which has affected nearly 80 lakh people in India so far. While the country has reported over 1.2 lakh Covid-linked fatalities, Mizoram - that has reported over 2,600 cases - had not seen any deaths so far.

Twenty-two Assam Rifles personnel are among 23 more people testing positive for COVID-19 in Mizoram, officials said on Tuesday.

A case against a doctor, who was treating COVID-19 patients at a state-run hospital and later found positive, and two other medical staff was registered on Thursday for defying lockdown and flouting safety rules by playing futsal, police said.

In view of the surge in coronavirus cases in neighbouring states and the return of stranded people, the Mizoram government will extend the ongoing lockdown for another two weeks to curtail the spread of the pandemic, state Health Minister R Lalthangliana said on Saturday.

Mizoram became coronavirus-free with the discharge of the lone COVID-19 patient from a hospital on Saturday, officials said.