Aizawl, Sept 11: At a time when the Covid situation across Northeast India has sharply declined, the situation in Mizoram has remained a cause of concern for Centre.
While the overall Covid situation in the state has remained alarming for 4 months now with major restrictions still being followed, the situation has become more worrisome after the state detected over 1000 positive cases for past 4 days consecutively.
Mizoram reported over 1,000 fresh COVID-19 cases for the fourth consecutive day on Friday as 1,055 more people, including 185 children, tested positive. The death toll rose to 231. The daily infection rate was at 10.77 per cent.
The northeastern state had registered 1,061 new cases on Thursday, 1,214 on Wednesday and 1,468 on Tuesday. There are presently over 12,000 active cases in Mizoram.
Mizoram is maintaining a positivity rate of over 10 percent. Over 10 percent of new cases are children. Over 90 percent of new cases are local transmission.
