3,600 of 4,400 hospital beds for Covid-19 patients in use
Geogian health officials have urged the country’s elderly population to refrain from leaving their homes because of an increase in new cases of coronavirus. Photo: netgazeti.
Tweet 
Share
Georgian Deputy Health Minister Tamar Gabunia says that 3,600 of 4,400 beds in hospitals for Covid-19 patients are already in use because of the recent increase of new infections.
Georgia has reported 1,310 new cases of coronavirus, 632 recoveries and 12 deaths in the past 24 hours.
Gabunia says that the government may add covid hotels.
3.38 per cent of tested individuals had Covid-19 in the past 14 days.
Georgian Health Minister Ekaterine Tikaradze said last week that if more than four per cent of tested individuals test positive for coronavirus in two consecutive weeks, the government of Georgia is likely to impose coronavirus restrictions, including lockdown.
Head of Georgia’s Infectious Diseases and AIDs Centre Tengiz Tsertsvadze has stated that according to the new survey 35.5 percent of the adult population in Tbilisi has already had the coronavirus.
He stated that one-third of the 35.5 per cent of randomly selected 903 individuals did not know they had or had earlier contracted the virus.
The country has had 299,038 cases of coronavirus since February 26, 2020.
282,869 of the 299,038 patients have recovered, while 3,971 have died from the virus.
Georgian Health officials say that around 650,000 individuals in the country (unofficially) have already had coronavirus.
Georgian Health Minister Ekaterine Tikaradze says that if more than four per cent of tested individuals test positive for coronavirus in two consecutive weeks, the government of Georgia is likely to impose coronavirus restrictions, including lockdown.
Head of the Georgian National Centre for Disease Control Amiran Gamkrelidze says that as in many countries of the world a third wave of Covid-19 has started in Georgia as well.
Georgian Deputy Health Minister Tamar Gabunia says that if the public will not observe coronavirus recommendations and rules the government will have to reimpose restrictions. She stated that coronavirus cases are surging in Georgia and that the country ‘is technically ready’ for a third wave of coronavirus. However, Gabunia said that ‘doctors are very much stressed and tired’ and it will be ‘hard for them’ to serve thousands of Covid-19 patients on a daily basis.
Georgia has reported 1,310 new cases of coronavirus, 632 recoveries and 12 deaths in the past 24 hours.
Georgia has reported 1,226 new cases of coronavirus, 688 recoveries and 10 deaths in the past 24 hours. 27,995 tests have been conducted around the country in the past 24 hours. 13,456 of the 27,995 tests were rapid tests, while the remaining 15,539 were PCR tests. The country has had 300,264 cases of coronavirus since February 26, 2020. 3.55 per cent of tested individuals had Covid-19 in the past 14 days.
The UK variant of the coronavirus now accounts for 80% of Covid-19 cases in Georgia, says Head of the Georgian National Centre for Disease Control Amiran Gamkrelidze.
Georgia has reported 966 new cases of coronavirus, 1,222 recoveries and 18 deaths over the last 24 hours. Health officials call on all eligible citizens to receive their respective vaccines to curb the further spread of the coronavirus.