India, Oct. 20 -- At least 121 people have died of Tuberculosis (TB) and 1,870 people diagnosed with the disease in Mizoram since January till 10 October, according to the state health department.

The department's data 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.

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