Coronavirus cases reach 188 in Georgia, 36 patients recovered
As of today there are 148 patients inside the country who are infected with the coronavirus. Photo: Interior Ministry press office.
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The number of cases of coronavirus has reached 188 in Georgia as of the morning of April 6.
36 of the 188 have recovered, while two elderly women, with several underlying health issues have died.
148 people inside the country remain infected with the virus (two of the 188 were foreign citizens who left Georgia last month).
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5,056 are under quarantine and 386 others are in hospitals.
Marneuli and Bolnisi municipalities remain in lockdown. Photo: Interior Ministry press office.
Director of Tbilisi Hospital of Infectious Diseases Marina Ezugbaia says that 24 patients with COVID-19 in hospital suffer from pneumonia.
Georgian Health Minister Ekaterine Tikaradze says that as of today the country has resources to provide treatment for about 3,500 COVID-19 patients in hospitals, and another 5,000 can be placed under the supervision of trained medical personnel.
She stated that a total of 81 patients from the 188 confirmed cases have developed pneumonia.
Tikaradze said that there are 700 ventilators in the country as of now which is 'absolutely sufficient.'
Georgia reported its first case of COVID-19 on February 26, 2020.
About 1.3 million people have been infected with the virus worldwide as of April 5.
As for neighbouring countries Turkey has had 27,069 cases, Armenia 822- cases, Azerbaijan - 584 cases and Russia - 5,389 cases.
Two more individuals have recovered from the new coronavirus in Georgia out of the 90 confirmed cases in the country, increasing the number of recovered individuals to sixteen.
Brand hotels in Georgia have given space to the government free of charge in recent days to place Georgian citizens under quarantine in order to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus - COVID-19.
Four more individuals have tested positive for COVID-19 in Georgia increasing the total number of cases to 174. As of now, a total of 36 individuals have recovered since February 26, two have died.
A baby has been born in Marneuli Municipality in eastern Georgia, which has been under quarantine for the second week now. The young family living in the village of Kesalo, did not have a child for eight years.
Notary services which have been temporarily suspended due to the coronavirus, have become available in Tbilisi at three locations and in the towns of Zugdidi, Kutaisi and Batumi, Georgian Justice Minister Tea Tsulukiani stated today.
Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia and President Salome Zurabishvili wished a quick recovery to British PM Boris Johnson, who was admitted to hospital earlier today due to the coronavirus-related complications.
Georgian Health Minister Ekaterine Tikaradze has urged people, parishioners, to stay home and pray to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. “As clerics frequently say and I also believe in this, God is omnipresent. We have the opportunity to stay home and pray and clerics will pray for us from churches”, Tikaradze said earlier today. Deputy Head of the National Disease Control Centre Paata Imnadze also urged parishioners to stay home and through doing so “protect the church and the whole country.”
Georgia has reported seven new cases of the coronavirus today, bringing the total number of cases to 195.Of the 195, 39 have recovered, while two have died. As of now there are 152 active cases of the virus inside the country. 4,708 people are under quarantine in Georgia and 370 others are in hospitals. The new cases are connected with the US, while three of the seven cases are cases of community transmission.
Several days ago, 63-year-old farmer Kako Jeiranashvil from Georgia’s Eastern Kakheti region thought that thousands of the tulips he had planned to sell at the Navtlugi Market in Tbilisi, were doomed to die. As a result of the nationwide curfew amid the coronavirus outbreak, Jeiranashvili could not bring his tulips to the capital.
About 50 different factories and businesses will undergo inspections daily in Georgia to check whether they are properly implementing the recommendations as regards the health and safety of employees amid the coronavirus outbreak, announces the Economy Minister of Georgia Natia Turnava.