Coronavirus: Georgia reports 193 new cases, 20th patient dies of Covid-19

Georgia has reported 193 new cases of the coronavirus earlier today and announced the death of a 20th patient since the country confirmed its first case of the coronavirus at the end of February 2020. 

The 60-year-old woman who has died of the virus was earlier transported from Georgia’s Russian-occupied Abkhazia region in critical condition. 

Image: coronavirus live update.

The new 193 cases were recorded in:

• Adjara region - 92 cases 
• Tbilisi - 31 cases
• Imereti region - 53 cases
• Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti - 8 cases
• Guria - 7 cases 
• Racha - 1 case 
• Mtskheta - Mtianeti - 1 case

A public school in Senaki, in the Samegrelo region of western Georgia, has had to switch to remote learning as a teacher and two pupils have tested positive for the coronavirus. 

150 people have already been tested in the school. 

Georgia has had 3,635 cases of the coronavirus so far.

Image: coronavirus live update.

1,534 of the 3,635 patients have recovered, while 20 others have died. 

As of today 2,142 individuals remain infected with COVID-19 in the country. 

• People entering and leaving Batumi to undergo thermal screening

Over the past several days the number of new infections has surged, reaching a record 196 daily cases on September 16. 

• Foreigners to be required to present PCR test results when arriving in Georgia from September 15

The government currently has no plans to declare a national lockdown for a second time.