total number of cases was 117261, including 8943 active cases, 107911 cures and 407 deaths. as of 2 november 2021, the total number of cases was 121359, including 6315 active cases, 114612 cures and 432 fatalities. as of 4 december 2021, the total number of cases is 136080, including 3620 active cases, 131956 recoveries and 504 fatalities. as of 29 december 2021, the total number of cases is 140955, including 1483 active cases, 138931 cures and 541 deaths. jan to mar 2022 as of 9 january 2022, the total number of cases in mizoram was 145527, including 4407 active cases, 140602 recoveries and 558 deaths. as of 15 january 2022, the total number of cases was 152255, including 8921 active cases, 142764 cures and 570 deaths. as of 22 january 2022, the total number of cases was 159653, including 9845 active cases, 149227 cures and 581 fatal cases. as of 28 january 2022, the total number of cases was 169868, including 14748 active cases, 154663 recoveries and 597 deaths. as of 21 february 2022, the total number of cases was 207994, including 9628 active cases, 197720 recoveries and 646 deaths. as of 24 february 2022, the total number of cases was 210253, including 8736 active cases, 200867 have cured 650 deaths. as of 1 march 2022, the total number of cases was 215356, including 6421 active cases, 208277 recoveries and 658 fatalities. apr to jun 2022 as of 11 april 2022, the total number of cases in mizoram was 225732, including 828 active cases, 224215 recoveries and 689 deaths. as of 18 april 2022, the total number of cases was 226271, including 559 active cases, 225020 cures and 692 deaths. as of 1 may 2022, the total number of cases was 227493, including 668 active cases, 226129 recoveries and 696 deaths. as of 12 may 2022, the total number of cases was 227849, including 209 active cases, 226943 recoveries and 697 deaths. as of 28 may 2022, the total number of cases was 228269, including 160 active cases, 227411 cures and 698 fatal cases. as of 9 june 2022, the total number of cases was 228512, including 141 active cases, 227671 recoveries and 700 deaths. as of 20 june 2022, the total number of cases was 228751, including 129 active cases, 227921 recoveries and 701 deaths. july to september 2022 as of 8 july 2022, the total number of cases was 229670, including 525 active cases, 228439 recoveries and 706 deaths. as of 30 august 2022, the total number of cases was 236864, including 589 active cases, 235555 recoveries and 720 fatal cases. as of 10 september 2022, the total number of cases was 237736, including 317 active cases, 236697 cures and 722 deaths. as of 24 september 2022, the total number of cases was 238254, including 175 active cases, 237356 recoveries and 723 deaths. 2023 as of 22 march 2023, the total number of cases was 238969, including no active case, 238243 recoveries and 726 deaths. testing mizoram has a covid-19 sample testing laboratory at zoram medical college, it also procured 1,000 testing kits from assam medical college. the state government also sanctioned over rs 2 crore from chief minister relief fund (cmrf) for the purchase of 10 trunenat machines. 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. 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). migrant workers financial support 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. transpiration to home state more than 11,541 students and laborers stranded in different parts of india and abroad have returned to mizoram. some of the returnees came by shramik trains as shown below: shramik special train carrying 837 people from chennai & puducherry reaches mizoram on 15 may 2020. shramik special train carrying 1,400 people departed from bengaluru reached bairabi railway station. shramik special train carrying 1,293 people departed from margao on 29 may on their way to bairabi railway station, mizoram. shramik special train carrying 1,436 people departed from delhi reached bairabi railway station on 31 may 2020. shramik special train departed from mumbai via pune on 29 may on their way to bairabi railway station on 30 may 2020. shramik special train carrying 475 people departed from hyderabad on 24 may on their way to bairabi railway station, mizoram. impact education the mizoram government has postponed the opening of school for 2020–21 until the situation stabilizes. economy 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. over 40,000 construction workers were provided assistance of rs 3,000 each by the mizoram government due to the lockdown. agriculture 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. covid-19 vaccines with approval for emergency or conditional usage union minister for health & family welfare, dr. harsh vardhan visiting the gtb hospital, shahdara to review the preparedness of dry run of covid-19 vaccine, in delhi on january 02, 2021. main article: covid-19 vaccine covishield 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). covishield is developed by the university of oxford and its spin-out company, vaccitech. 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 12 january 2021 first batches of covishield vaccine was despatched from the serum institute of india. covaxin on january 2, 2021, bbv152 (marketed as covaxin), first indigenous vaccine, developed by bharat biotech in association with the indian council of medical research and national institute of virology received approval from the drug controller general of india for its emergency or conditional usage. on 14 january 2021 first batches of covaxin vaccine was despatched from the bharat biotech, albeit it was still in the third phase of testing. others on 19 may 2021, dr reddy's labs received emergency use authorisation for anti-covid drug 2-dg. 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. on 21 october 2021, india completed administering of one billion covid vaccines in the country. on 8 january 2022, india crossed 1.5 billion covid vaccines milestone in the country. on 19 february 2022, india crossed 1.75 billion covid vaccines milestone in the country.