Aizawl, Sep 1 (PTI) At least 26 people died of Malaria from January to July this year in Mizoram as against 17 malarial deaths during the same period last year, state health department officials said here today. The officials said of the 1,01,648 blood tested during January to July this year, 4,567 cases tested positive for malaria. Belated treatment due to ignorance and negligence of the part of the patients and their family members was attributed to malarial deaths by the doctors.