Majority of new coronavirus cases in west Georgian region of Imereti related to shopping centre

The Imereti region in west Georgia has reported 53 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, most of which are related  to shopping centre ‘Okros birja’, where five employees were confirmed infected on September 18. 

All the contacts of the shopping centre have been identified and placed in self-isolation or under quarantine.

The Imereti region is in second in terms of the number of new coronavirus cases after the Adjara region (92 cases).

About 150 new coronavirus cases have been confirmed in the Imereti region in the last two weeks.

As of September 21, 258 patients are being treated in hospitals in the Imereti region. Some of them are brought from other regions.

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.

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

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.