Three employees of Zugdidi City Hall test positive for Covid-19
All employees of Zugdidi City Hall are being tested for the virus, and the building sanitised. Photo: shutterctock.
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Three employees of the Zugdidi City Hall have tested positive for Covid-19, says Mayor of Zugdidi Municipality Giorgi Shengelia.
All employees of Zugdidi City Hall are being tested for the virus, and the building sanitised.
Shengelia said that most of the employees (70 per cent) have been working remotely so far and only 30 per cent of employees were working in the building.
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.
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
The country has had 4,140 cases of the coronavirus since the end of February 2020.
1,649 of the 4,140 patients have recovered, while 25 others have died.
As of today 2,440 individuals remain infected with Covid-19 in the country.
More than 5,200 individuals are under quarantine around the country.
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. 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. As of today 2,473 individuals remain infected with Covid-19 in the country.
Batumi’s Evex clinic has closed temporarily as three medical workers have tested positive for the coronavirus.
People entering and leaving Batumi will undergo thermal screening – if a high temperature is detected, individuals will be tested for coronavirus, said Natia Mezvrishvili, the head of the government administration earlier today.
Twelve employees of Batumi public school No. 5 have tested positive for the coronavirus in Georgia’s Black Sea city of Batumi.
A 25th patient has died of coronavirus in Georgia earlier today which is the second death in the past 24 hours.
Georgia has reported 259 new cases of the coronavirus earlier today and 62 recoveries. 164 of the 259 new patients are from the country’s coastal Adjara region.