Coronavirus: Georgia reports 227 new cases, 1 more death, 69 recoveries
2,473 patients remain infected with Covid-19 in the country as of September 23. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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Georgia has reported 227 new cases of the coronavirus earlier today, which is a new record in the number since the country confirmed its first case of the virus on February 26, 2020.
One patient has died of the coronavirus in the country in the past 24 hours and 69 individuals have recovered.
The deceased patient suffered from cancer and had several other underlying illnesses.
Image: coronavirus live update.
The new 227 cases were reported in:
- Adjara region of western Georgia - 165 cases
- Tbilisi - 34 cases
- Rustavi 4 cases
- Imereti - 14 cases (12 in Kutaisi 2 in Terjola municipality)
- Guria - 4 cases (1 in Lanchkhuti, 3 in Ozurgeti)
- Dusheti - 1 case
- Zugdidi - 2 cases
Georgia has had 4,140 cases of the coronavirus since the end of February 2020.
1,643 of the 4,140 patients have recovered, while 24 others have died.
Image: coronavirus live update.
As of today 2,473 individuals remain infected with Covid-19 in the country.
The government currently has no plans to declare a national lockdown for a second time.
Health officials say that the country still remains a green zone for tourists.
Georgia has reported 196 new cases of the coronavirus earlier today, the highest figure since the country confirmed its first case of COVID-19 at the end of February.145 of the 196 new patients are from the Adjara region of western Georgia. As of today 1,327 individuals remain infected with COVID-19 in the country. Despite the recent surge in the infections, the country has no plans to declare a nationwide lockdown. More than 490,000 people have been tested for the coronavirus in Georgia so far.
Three COVID-19 hotspots have been identified in Georgia’s eastern Kakheti region though the epidemiological situation is under full control, the head of the Kakheti branch of the National Centre for Disease Control, Neli Khizanishvili, said earlier today.
A total of 158 new coronavirus cases have been confirmed over the last 24 hours in Georgia. However, the medical director of Tbilisi Infectious Disease Hospital Marina Ezugbaia told journalists today that this number is not a reason to panic.
Georgia has reported a record 87 new cases of the coronavirus earlier today, of which 29 were registered in Batumi, in the Adjara region of Georgia and the source of 10 cases are unknown. Currently, 536 people are undergoing treatment at Covid centres of which four are in critical and 17 are in severe condition. Meanwhile, the number of recoveries has increased by 20, reaching 1,354.
Three employees of the Zugdidi City Hall have tested positive for Covid-19, says Mayor of Zugdidi Municipality Giorgi Shengelia.
A 25th patient has died of coronavirus in Georgia earlier today which is the second death in the past 24 hours.
Georgian head coach of Uzbek professional football club Pakhtakor, Shota Arveladze, has tested positive for coronavirus and gone into isolation, Tribuna.az reports.