Aizawl, Oct 18 (PTI) At least 121 people have died of tuberculosis (TB) and 1,870 have been diagnosed with the disease in Mizoram since January till October 10, according to the state health department.

The department's data, accessed by PTI, said that 97,647 blood samples were tested in the state, out of which 1,870 people, including 744 females, were found suffering from tuberculosis.

A total of 121 people were diagnosed with multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) and 211 others were found suffering from both TB and HIV-positive during the same period, it said.

Altogether 82 per cent of the patients have been successfully treated, the data said.

Of the total 1,870 infected patients, 1,761 were above 14 years and 104 were below 14 years, it said.

Health officials said that there

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