14 April 2020 (4 years, 7 months, 1 week and 1 day)
Confirmed cases
1,333 (10 September 2020)
Active cases
583
Recovered
750 (10 September 2020)
Deaths
20
Fatality rate
0%
The first case of the COVID-19 pandemic in India was reported on 30 January 2020. Slowly, the pandemic spread to various states and union territories including the state of Mizoram. The first case was recorded in this region on 24 March 2020,[1] and the first death was recorded on 28 October 2020.[2]
The first case of coronavirus was confirmed on 24 March in a resident from Aizawl, He had returned from Netherlands on 16 March and started developing symptoms including fever and cough.[3] He was isolated in Zoram Medical College.[4]
Section 144 clamped in Mizoram to contain COVID-19.[5]
As of 19 April, there are no COVID-19 cases in Mizoram, a 22-year-old woman cancer patient from the state tested positive on April 13 in Mumbai, three more COVID-19 positive cases have been reported in the Mumbai Mizoram house.[6]
As of 4 May 2020, a 74-year-old man from Mizoram, who had tested positive for COVID-19 died on 3 May 2020 in Kolkata. He is the first person from Mizoram to die of COVID-19.[7]
As of 9 May 2020, Mizoram becomes COVID-19 free as lone patient recovers.[8]
On 4 August, Mizoram crossed the total cases tally of 500.[14] As on this date, the total number of cases in Mizoram was 501. There are 219 active cases and 282 have recovered.[11]
As of 9 August 2020, the total number of cases was 566, including 270 active cases and 296 recoveries.[11]
As of 13 August 2020, the total number of cases was 649, which includes 306 active cases and 343 recoveries.[11]
As of 19 August 2020, the total number of cases was 860, including 481 active cases and 369 recoveries.[11]
As of 23 August 2020, the total number of cases was 918, including 457 active cases and 461 recoveries.[11]
As of 25 August 2020, the total number of cases in the state was 967, including 503 active cases and 464 recoveries.[11]
On 28 August 2020, total number of cases in Mizoram crossed 1000 mark.[15]
As of 30 August 2020, Mizoram is only Indian state where there has not been a single death due to COVID-19 (except UT of Lakshadweep which have not a single case of COVID-19 until now). The total number of cases in the state was 1011, including 422 active cases and 589 recoveries.[11]
As of 1 September 2020, the total number of cases in Mizoram was 1020, including 410 active cases and 610 recoveries.[11]
As of 6 September 2020, the total number of cases was 1114, including 382 active cases and 732 recoveries.[11]
As of 10 September 2020, the total number of cases was 1333, including 583 active cases and 750 recoveries. The total number of cases increased swiftly after 141 new cases were confirmed on the previous day. This was the largest number of new cases reported in 24 hours in the state.[16]
Due to the spike in local transmission, various "Local Level Task Force" have restricted all non-essential travel in Aizawl. The city of Aizawl remained in an informal lockdown as contact-tracing was carried out by the State Government.
As of 11 September 2020, the total number of cases was 1353, including 603 active cases and 750 recoveries.[11]
As of 17 September 2020, the total number of cases is 1506, including 567 active cases and 939 recoveries.[11]
As of 24 September 2020, the total number of cases is 1759, including 664 active cases and 1095 cures.[11]
As of 30 September 2020, Mizoram is only Indian state where there has not been a single death due to COVID-19 (except UT of Lakshadweep which have not a single case of COVID-19 until now).
As of 4 November 2020, the total number of cases in Mizoram was 2893, including 457 active cases and 2435 recoveries and 1 person has died from virus.[11]
As of 8 November 2020, the total number of cases was 3090, including 470 active cases and 2618 recoveries and 2 deaths.[11]
As of 15 November 2020, the total number of cases was 3393, including 534 active cases and 2855 cures and 4 deaths.[11]
As of 24 November 2020, the total number of cases is 3710, including 502 active cases and 3203 cures and 5 deaths.[11]
As of 2 April 2021, the total number of cases in Mizoram was 4484, including 37 active cases and 4436 recoveries and 11 deaths.[11]
As of 9 April 2021, the total number of cases was 4558, including 93 active cases and 4454 recoveries and 11 deaths.[11]
On 21 April, total cases in Mizoram crossed the milestone of 5000.[citation needed] As of 21 April 2021, the total number of cases is 5085, including 504 active cases and 4569 cures and 12 deaths.[11]
Mizoram has a COVID-19 sample testing laboratory at Zoram Medical College,[19] it also procured 1,000 testing kits from Assam Medical College.[20] The state government also sanctioned over Rs 2 crore from Chief Minister Relief Fund (CMRF) for the purchase of 10 Trunenat machines.[21]
A TrueNet Laboratory was inaugurated on the ground floor of Serchhip Hospital, Serchhip in the district of Serchhip. The Laboratory, equipped with two RNA extraction, is capable of testing for COVID-19. This is expected to greatly reduce the wait time, as all test samples were previously sent to Zoram Medical College.[22]
The state government has also stated that it has over 7,800 rapid or anti-body test kits for COVID-19 received from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).[23]
The Mizoram State Government provided financial assistance of over Rs 1.58 crore to at least 43 Mizo Welfare Associations in various states to assist the stranded people from the state.[24]
More than 11,541 students and laborers stranded in different parts of India and abroad have returned to Mizoram.[25] Some of the returnees came by Shramik trains as shown below:
More than 1900 youths who have returned from different parts of the country have lost their jobs due to the outbreak of novel coronavirus in Mizoram.[33] Over 40,000 construction workers were provided assistance of Rs 3,000 each by the Mizoram government due to the lockdown.[34]
Oil palm growers in the state had incurred a loss to the tune of Rs 25-Rs 30 lakh because of absence of market. The growers of other cash crops like ginger, turmeric and sugarcane also faced hardship as they could not harvest their produce.[35]
COVID-19 Vaccines with Approval for Emergency or Conditional Usage
On January 1, 2021, the Drug Controller General of India, approved the emergency or conditional use of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine AZD1222 (marketed as Covishield).[36] Covishield is developed by the University of Oxford and its spin-out company, Vaccitech.[37] It's a viral vector vaccine based on replication-deficient Adenovirus that causes cold in Chimpanzees.
It can be stored, transported and handled at normal refrigerated conditions (two-eight degrees Celsius/ 36-46 degrees Fahrenheit). It has a shelf-life of at least six months.
On 19 May 2021, Dr Reddy's Labs received Emergency Use Authorisation for anti-COVID drug 2-DG.[41] On 21 February, 2022, Drugs Controller General of India granted approval to Biological E's COVID-19 vaccine Corbevax, that can be used for children between 12 and 18 years of age.[42][43]
On 21 October 2021, India completed administering of one billion Covid vaccines in the country.[44]
On 8 January 2022, India crossed 1.5 billion Covid vaccines milestone in the country.[45]
On 19 February 2022, India crossed 1.75 billion Covid vaccines milestone in the country.[46]