Majority of new coronavirus cases in west Georgian region of Imereti related to shopping centre
The Imereti region is in second in terms of the number of new coronavirus cases after the Adjara region (92 cases). Photo: shutterstock.
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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.
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. 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.
The Georgian Interior Ministry has announced that 11 of its employees in various departments have tested positive for the coronavirus. The ministry also noted that all of them were delivered to hospitals for further treatment.
A new record high of 196 coronavirus cases has been confirmed in Georgia since yesterday. 13 patients have recovered. Meanwhile, independent MP of Tbilisi City Council (Sakrebulo) Jaba Jushkariani who is a member of opposition Our Georgia – Solidarity Alliance has also tested positive for coronavirus.
A student of Georgia’s Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University (TSU) has tested positive for COVID-19, reports IPN.
The gold market at Tbilisi Central Station shopping centre has closed for two weeks as five employees have tested positive for Covid-19.