NCDC Georgia: 83 COVID-19 patients of 500 were asymptomatic at the time of PCR testing
The oldest age of the infected patients was 86 years, and the youngest – two years, Photo: NCDC.ge.
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Out of 500 COVID-19 infected individuals in Georgia, 83 displayed no symptoms at the time of PCR testing, reads the latest report of Georgia’s National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).
The patients did develop various symptoms later.
The report covers the period from the first confirmed case of the new coronavirus in Georgia – from February 16 to May 11, 2020.
As of May 11, Georgia had 16.9 per cent (83 patients) of patients with COVID-19 per 100,000 inhabitants, reads the survey.
Most of the new cases of COVID-19 have been in Georgia’s eastern Kvemo Kartli region (27.5%). Georgia’s eastern Shida Kartli (3.9%) and western Imereti (2.8%) are among the least affected regions.
Most of the new cases of COVID-19 have been in Georgia’s eastern Kvemo Kartli region (27.5%). Photo: NCDC.ge.
- Among the total number of infected patients, 13 per cent were doctors
- The oldest age of the infected patients was 86 years, and the youngest – two years
The report of NCDC also shows the frequency of coronavirus symptoms. The most common symptoms of the virus are fever (82.4%), general weakness (49.6%), cough (38.3%), sore throat (25.9%) and headache (22.5%).
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The Deputy Head of the National Centre for the Disease Control (NCDC), Paata Imnadze says that it will take about a year to return to the normal way of life after the restrictions amid the pandemic are lifted in the country.
If people don’t stay home, the collapse of the healthcare system will be inevitable in Georgia, the Head of the Georgian National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Amiran Gamkrelidze said in an interview with Rustavi 2 earlier today.
Local strands of the new coronavirus, discovered in patients in Georgia, are now part of a global database of genotypes of the COVID-19, allowing professionals to trace their development.
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All patients who died of coronavirus in Georgia suffered from underlying diseases, out of which the vast majority were cardiovascular diseases, while 40 per cent suffered from chronic lung diseases, reads the report of the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).
A seroprevalence study will be conducted in four municipalities in Georgia to examine the presence of Covid-19 in the country and determine whether residents of the municipalities have been infected with the virus in recent months but went below the radar of the healthcare system or were asymptomatic.