Coronavirus: recoveries oustrip daily COVID-19 infections in Georgia
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More people have recovered than were infected with COVID-19 in Georgia over the past several days.
Georgia has reported six new cases of coronavirus earlier today, bringing the total number of cases to 610.
269 of the 610 patients have recovered, while nine others have died.
Two of the 332 infected individuals were foreign citizens who are no longer in Georgia. 20, 579 people have been tested for COVID-19 in Georgia so far. Photo: coronavirus live update.
As of today 330 people remain infected with coronavirus in Georgia, while the number stood at 353 yesterday.
Head of the National Disease Control Centre of Georgia Amiran Gamkrelidze says that Georgia is hitting the seventh week since the first reported case of community transmission of the virus on March 23.
We said earlier that the sixth, seventh and the eight week since the first reported case of community transmission are the peak of the virus. Now we are observing how we will overcome the seventh and the eighth weeks since the first reported case of community transmission,” Gamkrelidze said.
Photo: coronavirus live update.
He stated that the restrictions imposed in the country contained the spread of the virus.
Thanks to the imposition of the restrictions in a timely fashion we have had no sharp increase in new cases,” Gamkrelidze said.
Georgia reported the first case of coronavirus on February 26, 2020, however, the first case of community transmission was reported in late March.
Photo: coronavirus live update.
Georgia has already lifted several, coronavirus-related restrictions and reopened the cities of Kutaisi and Batumi which have been on lockdown for 20 days.
- Construction and auto repair businesses resume operations
- Public service halls, community centres to resume work from May 5
The government has plans to reopen Tbilisi and Rustavi cities by the end of the week.
Frontline health workers, local civil servants and other risk groups in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi and the regions will receive a total of 40,000 protective face shields produced by Georgian company CaucasPack.
Georgia will participate in the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) international clinical trial to help find an effective treatment for COVID-19, and will receive access to four experimental medicines used in the process, Deputy Health Minister of Georgia Tamar Gabunia told Rustavi 2 earlier today.
Imereti Governor Zviad Shalamberidze says that checkpoints will remain at several locations in the city to thermoscreen people.
Georgia continues to lift coronavirus-related restrictions. Starting tomorrow construction and auto repair businesses will be able to resume operations, announced Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia today.
Georgia has allocated 89,900,000 GEL (about $28.09m/€26.02m) for the implementation of a health programme for 2020 to manage COVID-19. Quarantine spaces, except for the Abastumani Lung Center, will receive not more than 100 GEL per day for each beneficiary.
The rate of coronavirus infection has slowed in Georgia over the past several days, with Georgia reporting just five new cases of coronavirus earlier today, while the figure stood at six yesterday and 11 on May 5. The total number of coronavirus cases is 615 as of May 7. 275 of the 615 patients have recovered, while nine have died. As of today 331 remain infected with COVID-19 in Georgia. Director of Tbilisi Hospital of Infectious Diseases Marina Ezugbaia says that the number of recovered people is coming close to the number of the patients who are being treated in hospitals for coronavirus.
Georgia has reported eight new cases of coronavirus today, bringing the total number of cases to 623. 288 patients of the 623 people have recovered, while nine others have died. As of today 326 individuals remain infected with COVID-19 in Georgia, while the figure stood at 331 yesterday. The source of infection of all eight new patients has been identified. Four of them were under quarantine, while four others had prior contact with them.