Nine new COVID-19 cases confirmed in Georgia
All but one new case are traced to their origins by health agencies in Georgia. Photo via Emergency Situation and Coordination and Urgent Assistance Centre.
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Nine new confirmed cases of coronavirus infection have been identified in Georgia on Sunday, with origins of one of the cases unknown and two revealed in health workers.
From the rest of the patients, two other infections were found to have been imported, three others are connected to an infection from previous days and one is from the "Gachiani cluster" identified in the country earlier during the pandemic.
The new cases bring active infections to 208, while 1,000 patients have recovered from the virus. The number of infections since the start of the outbreak in early spring is now at 1,225.
At hospitals across Georgia 242 patients are under care, with 7068 in quarantine. So far the virus has claimed the lives of 17 citizens in the country.
Three new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in Georgia on Saturday, with all of the new infections revealed in individuals who entered the country.
Georgian Economy Minister Natia Turnava stated today that there is a will to resume flights with Greece but flight confirmation has not been issued yet.
Georgian schools and universities will reopen on September 15, depending the epidemiological situation in the country. Head of the National Disease Control Centre (NCDC) Amiran Gamkrelidze stated that there will be safety measures for schools and universities in order to prevent the risk of spreading virus.
Head of the Georgian National Centre for Disease Control Amiran Gamkrelidze says that patients with the coronavirus are exhibiting less serious symptoms and manifestations of the disease than in March and April, and that the number of severe cases has decreased.
Georgia has reported 25 new cases of the coronavirus earlier today, bringing the total number of cases to 1,250. 1,010 of the 1,250 patients have recovered, while 17 others have died. As of today 223 individuals remain infected with COVID-19 in Georgia who tested positive for the coronavirus in the country. Adding to the 223 active infections, there are 38 other COVID-19 patients in the country who tested positive for the coronavirus abroad and were transported to the homeland.