Georgia reports 1,351 new cases of coronavirus, 337 recoveries
14 patients have died of Covid-19 in Georgia in the past 24 hours. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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Georgia has reported 1,351 new cases of coronavirus, 337 recoveries and 14 deaths in the past 24 hours.
The majority of the new infections were recorded in the capital Tbilisi, Adjara and Imereti regions.
Starting today, Georgian citizens returning from foreign states with negative PCR tests will be sent into self-isolation instead of quarantine.
Image: coronavirus live update.
The majority of the 12,033 Covid-19 patients in Georgia are undergoing treatment either in hotels or at home as they have a mild form of the virus.
Patients who are in hotels and at home are under the supervision of doctors. Only critical patients and individuals with chronic diseases are sent to hospitals,” the head of the administration of the Government of Georgia Natia Mezvrishvili stated earlier today.
The new 1,351 cases were recorded in:
- Tbilisi - 445 cases
- Adjara - 369 cases
- Imereti - 295 cases
- Kvemo Kartli - 76 cases
- Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti - 66 cases
- Mtskheta Mtianeti - 23 cases
- Shida Kartli - 23 23 cases
- Kakheti - 20 cases
- Samtskhe-Javakheti - 18 cases
- Guria -15 cases
- Racha-Lechkhumi, Kvemo Svaneti - 1 case
Georgia has had 21,208 cases of coronavirus since February 26, 2020.
Image: coronavirus live update.
Since then 9,003 patients have recovered, while 172 others have died.
More than 130 of the 12,033 coronavirus patients in the country are in critical condition.
Brand hotels in Georgia have given space to the government free of charge in recent days to place Georgian citizens under quarantine in order to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus - COVID-19.
Georgia has created additional quarantine facilities in the Samegrelo - Zemo Svaneti region to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus. The new quarantine facilities have been erected in the coastal town of Anaklia and the highland town of Mestia, said Governor of Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti Alexandre Motserelia.
Eight patients have recovered from COVID-19 in Georgia in total, with five of them already leaving Tbilisi Hospital of Infectious Diseases, director of the hospital Marina Ezugbaia said.
Georgian citizens arriving home with a negative PCR test result will no longer be required to be placed under mandatory quarantine from October 21.
The number of daily coronavirus tests being conducted in Georgia is 12,000, which is 60 times more than at the onset period of the pandemic.
Georgia has had 22,803 cases of coronavirus since February 26, 2020. Since then 9,401 patients have recovered, while 178 others have died. As of today 13,224 individuals remain infected with Covid-19 in the country.