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Coronavirus: recoveries continue to outnumber new cases in Georgia

27,517 individuals remain infected with Covid-19 in Georgia as of today. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.

Agenda.ge, 14 Dec 2020 - 11:43, Tbilisi,Georgia

Georgia has reported 1,337 new cases, 3,498 recoveries and 49 deaths in the past 24 hours.

6,554 tests have been conducted in the past 24 hours around the country; 3,064 of the 6,554 tests were rapid tests, while the remaining 3,490 were PCR tests.

Georgia has had 191,063 cases of coronavirus since February.

161,681 of the 191,063 individuals have recovered, while 1,839 others have died.

27,517 individuals remain infected with Covid-19 in Georgia as of today.

Image: coronavirus live update.

The new 1,337 cases were recorded in:

Tbilisi - 571 cases
Adjara - 212 cases
Imereti - 147 cases
Kvemo Kartli - 168 cases
Shida Kartli - 48 cases
Guria - 16 cases
Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti - 74 cases
Kakheti - 41 cases
Mtskheta-Mtianeti - 41 cases
Samtskhe-Javakheti - 18 cases
Racha-Lechkhumi, Kvemo Svaneti - 1 case

6,912 patients are undergoing treatment in hospitals as of today. 1,087 of the 6,912 patients are in critical condition. 465 of the 1,087 critical patients are on artificial ventilation.

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2,886 Covid-19 patients are in hotels, 986 individuals are in quarantine and 17,719 are at home.

Remdesivir will enter Georgia in the coming days and will be used only for critical patients. Photo: europeanpharmaceuticalreview.com.

48,685 individuals are in self-isolation.

More than 1,690,000 tests have been conducted in Georgia so far.

Georgian health officials say that the country has ordered 4,000 units of Remdesivir, a US-produced medicine against Ebola which is also used against Covid-19.

The portion is for 660 individuals and will be used for the patients who are in critical condition (the patients who are on artificial ventilation and no more than 12 days are passed from contracting the virus).

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