Georgia reports 25 cases of the coronavirus, 223 remain infected with COVID-19
Georgian health officials say that Georgia keeps the epidemiological situation under control. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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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.
Photo: coronavirus live update.
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.
In total, there are 261 Covid-19 patients in Georgia as of August 10.
16 of the 21 new patients had contact with infected individuals, five cases are imported, one is from Gachiani settlement of Gardabani municipality, one is a medical personnel, one patient was transported from Georgia’s Russian-occupied Abkhazia region, while the remaining one patient does not know how he contacted the virus.
Photo: coronavirus live update.
Georgia reported its first case of the coronavirus on February 26, 2020.
Since then more than 258,000 individuals have been tested for the coronavirus in the country.
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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.
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.
Georgia has reported seven new cases of the coronavirus earlier today. Five of the seven new patients have had contact with infected individuals, one case is imported, while the remaining one individual does not know how he contracted the virus. Since February 26, 2020 Georgia has had 1,213 cases of the coronavirus. 994 of the 1,213 patients have recovered, while 17 others have died.As of today 202 people, who contracted the virus in the country, remain infected with the COVID-19.
Mestia municipality in western Georgia, one of the most visited tourist attractions in the country, has been placed on lockdown as 16 people have tested positive in the past two days in the municipality for the coronavirus. People will not be able to enter or leave the municipality without the police’s consent. Tourists who are now in the municipality will be placed under quarantine in hotels where they are currently located (if the hotels meet the recommendations of Georgia’s Health Ministry) or will be transported to other quarantine zones.