Georgia has reported more than 100,000 coronavirus cases since February

Lazare Samadbegishvili, the bishop of Borjomi and Bakuriani has died of coronavirus today. Head of Patriarchate’s Public Relations Service Andria Jagmaidze said the bishop had cancer and underwent surgery a few days ago. Later he tested positive for coronavirus.

Georgia has reported 3,768 new cases of coronavirus, 4,055 recoveries and 41 deaths in the past 24 hours. Borjomi and Bakuari bishop Lazare is among the deceased individuals. He had cancer and later he tested positive for coronavirus. The Head of Infectious Diseases and AIDS Centre Tengiz Tsertsvadze, who tested positive for coronavirus earlier this week, has been transported to hospital as his health condition has worsened. 

Georgia has reported 3,697 new cases of coronavirus, 2,409 recoveries and 38 deaths in the past 24 hours. 

The anti-epidemic measures taken by the state are insufficient to curb the spread of the pandemic and need significant changes, otherwise the country will face a dramatically difficult period, says the announcement of a group of Georgian healthcare specialists.

Georgia has reported 4,048 news cases of coronavirus, 3,856 recoveries and 49 deaths over the last 24 hours. As of now, the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus has reached 104,732, including 85,639 recoveries and 976 deaths, while  18,091 people remain infected with the virus. 

Georgia has reported 3,958 new cases of coronavirus, of which 2,157 were registered in the capital city of Tbilisi, 417 in the Black Sea Adjara region and 537 in the Imereti region. As for recoveries, 3,531 people recovered in the past 24 hours while the total number of recoveries has reached 89,170. 

The Georgian Clinics Association has urged the government to open 100 to 500-bed field hospitals near big clinics which will be equipped with essential medical equipment to fight the coronavirus, as well as heating and air conditioning systems.

Planned operations will be postponed until March 1, 2021 announced Georgian Health Minister Ekaterina Tikaradze. "We have had a number of cases where an individual who was not infected with Covid-19 went to the clinic for a specific operation and after the operation he/she was confirmed positive with the infection. Therefore, we decided to limit planned surgeries and postpone the delay until March 1," Tikaradze told local Imedi TV.

Georgia has reported 3,128 new cases of coronavirus, of which 1,504 were registered in the capital city of Tbilisi, 576 in the Black Sea Adjara region and 212 in the Imereti region.

The government of Georgia has announced that it will not place a systemic lockdown into effect today as Georgian media outlets had earlier reported. Vice-PM Maia Tskitishvili says that the media reports were ‘wrong and misleading.’ She stated that the government will exercise a ‘more effective control’ on wearing facemasks, as ‘it is one of the most effective measures to prevent the further spread of coronavirus.’ Tskitishvili said that the opposition’s election-related rallies sparked a surge in new infections. 

Georgia has reported 3,071 new cases of coronavirus, 3,366 recoveries and 34 deaths in the past 24 hours. 18,197 individuals remain infected with Covid-19 in Georgia as of today. Georgia has had 114,889 cases of coronavirus since February 26, 2020. Since then 95,581 individuals have recovered, while 1,085 others have died. 6,145 patients are undergoing treatment in hospitals as of today. 886 of the 6,145 patients are in critical condition. 324 of the 886 critical patients are on artificial ventilation.