COVID update sees 13 new cases identified in Georgia

The number of reported and confirmed cases in Georgia has seen a rise over the last week. Photo via Ministry of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia press office.

Agenda.ge, 25 Jul 2020 - 12:07, Tbilisi,Georgia

Health agencies have identified 13 new cases of COVID-19 in Georgia on Saturday, with the Karajalari village of the southern Gardabani municipality still under quarantine to contain a rise in reported cases since the last few days.

The latest update brings the number of active cases to 184, with 917 recovered patients. The total number of confirmed infections since the start of the outbreak earlier this year stands at 1,117. Five of the 184 patients are in critical condition.

Health professionals identified a rise in cases this week, with the number climbing from less than 10 daily cases throughout most of July to 11 on July 20 and 24 on July 22. The marker has stood above 10 over the rest of the days of the week as well.

On Friday there were 19 new confirmed reports of the infection, with Marina Ezugbaia, Director of Tbilisi Hospital of Infectious Diseases telling the media eight of the cases were from the Lilo open market in Tbilisi.

With market employing many of inhabitants from the Gardabani municipality in the south, some of the cases were traced to villages in the municipality. The government promptly placed the Karajalari village under quarantine.