Georgia reports 8 new cases of coronavirus, 13 recoveries, one death
Since February 26, 2020 Georgia has had 1,429 cases of the coronavirus. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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A nineteenth person has died from coronavirus in Georgia, while eight more people have tested positive for COVID-19 and the number of recoveries has increased by 13.
Medical Director of Tbilisi Infectious Disease Hospital Marina Ezugbaia said that one new patient contracted the virus from the Lenjeri village of Mestia municipality, two from contact from infected individuals, four cases were ‘imported’ of which three are truck drivers and one is a medical worker.
Currently 260 people are undergoing treatment at Covid centres of which ‘five are in critical and 23 are in severe condition’, said Ezurgbaia.
Image: coronavirus live update.
As for the nineteenth coronavirus-related death, Ezurgbaia said that a patient was undergoing treatment at home by her sister who is also infected with coronavirus. Ezurgbaia said that the disease progressed mildly in both cases, 'almost asymptomatically', but an embolism developed which is characteristic of pelvic and acetabular hip fractures which the patient had and 'she died from this cause'.
In total 1,150 people have recovered from Covid-19 in Georgia, 7,005 people are in quarantine, and 41 citizens of Georgia have been transported home from abroad for treatment.
Since February 26, 2020 Georgia has had 1,429 cases of the coronavirus.
An eighteenth person has died from coronavirus in Georgia, reports StopCov.ge, the state-run website created in March 2020 to inform the public about the coronavirus situation in the country. A total of 1,421 cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in the country. 1,137 people have recovered. 7,005 people are in quarantine and 255 are under medical supervision at hospitals.
The epidemiological situation is under control but the coronavirus has not yet been defeated, said Head of the National Disease Control Centre Amiran Gamkrelidze, urging citizens to observe all the recommendations of the Georgian Health Ministry.
Georgia has reported 10 new cases of the coronavirus earlier today. Medical Director of Tbilisi Infectious Disease Hospital Marina Ezugbaia said that two new patients contracted the virus from the Lenjeri village of Mestia municipality, two from contact from infected individual, five cases were ‘imported’ and the source of infections has not been identified in the remaining one case.
Seventeen individuals have tested positive for coronavirus in Georgia, increasing the total number of confirmed cases to 1411 during the last 24 hours. Eleven infected individuals out of the 17 belong to the ‘Lenjeri cluster’ in Mestia municipality.
Georgia’s Black Sea region of Adjara has increased testing in the region following several infections in a night club in Kobuleti on August 15.
Georgia has reported seven new cases of the coronavirus earlier today. Medical Director of Tbilisi Infectious Disease Hospital Marina Ezugbaia said that one new patient contracted the virus from contact from infected individuals, four cases were ‘imported’ of which one is a truck driver and two are medical workers.
Georgia has reported 11 new cases of the coronavirus earlier today and 40 recoveries. Medical Director of Tbilisi Infectious Disease Hospital Marina Ezugbaia said that one new patient contracted the virus from the Lenjeri village of Mestia municipality, six from contact from infected individuals, four cases were ‘imported’ of which one is a truck driver.
Georgia has reported eight new cases of the coronavirus earlier today, bringing the total number of cases to 1,455.