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Georgia reports 478 new cases of coronavirus, 211 recoveries, 6 deaths

91 individuals have died of the coronavirus in Georgia so far. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.

Agenda.ge, 12 Oct 2020 - 11:14, Tbilisi,Georgia

Georgia has reported 478 new cases of coronavirus, 211 recoveries and six deaths in the past 24 hours.

The majority of the cases were recorded in the country’s coastal Adjara region and in the capital Tbilisi.

Image: coronavirus live update.

The new 478 cases were recorded in:

Adjara region - 196 cases
Tbilisi - 178 cases
Imereti - 65 cases
Guria - 1 case
Mtskheta - Mtianeti - 4 cases
Samegrelo - Zemo Svaneti - 13 cases
Kvemo Kartli - 15 cases
Shida Kartli - 6 cases

179 of 183 kindergartens in Tbilisi which have been closed due to the coronavirus since March 2020 have reopened earlier today.

The personnel in the remaining four kindergartens or their relatives have tested positive for the coronavirus that is why the kindergartens remain closed.

Image: coronavirus live update.

Check the list of Georgian laboratories offering to make a test to diagnose COVID-19

Georgia has had 12,272 cases of the coronavirus since February 26, 2020.

Since then 6,538 patients have recovered, while 91 others have died.

As of today 5,643 individuals remain infected with Covid-19 in Georgia.

50 of the 5,643 patients are in critical condition (eight of the 50 have been transported from the country’s Russian-occupied region).

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