Georgia reports 3 new cases of coronavirus, Tbilisi reopens
As of May 11, 311 remain infected with COVID-19 in Georgia. Photo: Interior Ministry press office.
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Georgia has reported three new cases of coronavirus earlier today, bringing the total number of cases to 638.
317 of the 638 patients have recovered, while 10 others have died.
As of today 311 individuals remain infected with COVID-19 in Georgia.
Photo: coronavirus live update.
Tbilisi, which has been on coronavirus lockdown since April 15, reopened earlier today.
All kinds of manufacturing operations have also resumed in Georgia today.
Photo: coronavirus live update.
Retail and wholesale stores with their own shop entrances, excluding shopping malls and clothing and footwear stores, have opened.
Rustavi and Gardabani will reopen on May 14, and Marneuli on May 18.
Situation worldwide. Photo: coronavirus live update.
The government imposed restrictions on entering and leaving Georgia’s four largest cities – of Tbilisi, Kutaisi, Batumi and Rustavi – on April 15. Travel restrictions in Batumi and Rustavi were lifted from May 5.
The number of people who have recovered from COVID-19 in Georgia has increased to 309 since yesterday. However, nine others have tested positive, increasing the total number of cases to 635. 72 of the infected individuals are health workers.
Georgia has a total of 626 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 297 recoveries and ten deaths, which the Head of Tbilisi Infectious Disease Hospital Tengiz Tsertsvadze says is ‘one of the best’ results in Europe. Director of the First University Clinic Levan Ratiani also stated yesterday that ‘this entire mess will end soon but we will have to continue living with this virus’.
Georgian doctors have used plasmapheresis, a method of treating blood plasma, to cure a COVID-19 patient who was in critical condition.
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.
An eleventh individual, an 81-year old man, has died of coronavirus in Georgia today at Medalpha clinic in the Black Sea resort town of Batumi. This is the second patient to die of coronavirus at the Medalpha clinic. The first patient was the wife of the man who died today. Both of them were connected to the so-called 'Kobuleti cluster'.
32 recoveries, 1 new case
Just one individual has tested positive for coronavirus within the last 24 hours in Georgia, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 639, while 32 patients have recovered, bringing the total number of recoveries to 349. In total 11 people have died of the virus in the country. 4,769 people are in 14-day quarantine and 414 are under observation in hospitals.
Georgia has reported five new cases of coronavirus earlier today, bringing the total number of cases to 647. 372 of the 647 patients have recovered, while 11 others have died. As of April 13, 264 individuals remain infected with COVID-19. Almost 32,000 people have been tested for COVID-19 in the country since February 2020. Head of Tbilisi Infectious Disease Hospital Tengiz Tsertsvadze said yesterday that there are almost no new cases of community transmission of COVID-19 in Georgia.