Georgia reports 3,487 new cases of coronavirus, 2,495 recoveries, 39 deaths
Georgia reported its first case of coronavirus at the end of February. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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Georgia has reported 3,487 new cases of coronavirus, 2,495 recoveries and 39 deaths in the past 24 hours.
17,943 tests have been conducted in the past 24 hours around the country; 10,477 of the 17,943 tests were rapid tests, while the remaining 7,466 were PCR tests.
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Georgia has had 198,387 cases of coronavirus since February.
167,281 of the 198,387 individuals have recovered, while 1,922 others have died.
29,158 individuals remain infected with Covid-19 in Georgia as of today.
Image: coronavirus live update.
The new 3,487 cases were recorded in:
- Tbilisi - 1,477 cases
- Adjara - 280 cases
- Imereti - 533 cases
- Kvemo Kartli - 254 cases
- Shida Kartli - 283 cases
- Guria - 66 cases
- Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti - 269 cases
- Kakheti - 153 cases
- Mtskheta-Mtianeti - 85 cases
- Samtskhe-Javakheti - 76 cases
- Racha-Lechkhumi, Kvemo Svaneti - 11 cases
6,721 patients are undergoing treatment in hospitals as of today. 1,103 of the 6,721 patients are in critical condition. 431 of the 1,103 critical patients are on artificial ventilation.
Image: coronavirus live update.
2,461 Covid-19 patients are in hotels, 622 individuals are in quarantine and 19,956 are at home.
47,759 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).