Coronavirus: 832 new cases, 624 recoveries, 17 deaths
A new bilingual webpage has been launched to provide the daily updates about the Covid-19 data in Georgia. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
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Georgia has reported 832 new cases of Covid-19 after conducting a total of 31,409 tests over the last 24 hours.
Out of the 832 new cases 457 were reported in Tbilisi.
Other cases were reported in:
- Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti - 70
- Imereti - 67
- Adjara - 66
- Kvemo Kartli - 65
- Kakheti - 35
- Shida Kartli - 28
- Samtskhe-Javakheti - 14
- Guria - 13
- Mtskheta-Mtianeti - 13
- Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti - 4
Meanwhile, 624 individuals have recovered from the coronavirus in Georgia, while 17 infected patients have died.
As of now the number of total confirmed cases of the coronavirus stands at 348,594 in Georgia, including 332,304 recoveries and 4,893 deaths. The number of active cases of Covid-19 stands at 11,371.
Daily Covid-19 updates are now also available at a new bilingual webpage datacov.moh.gov.ge launched by the Georgian Health Ministry.
The webpage provides information about the active cases, tests conducted and the condition of patients as well as the availability of hospital and hotel beds, and artificial ventilators.
The virtual map shows data of infectious cases, positive rate and vaccine doses administered per region, however no data is available for the Georgia’s Russian-occupied regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia).
Head of Georgia’s National Centre for Disease Control Amiran Gamkrelidze said Georgia will receive 700 thousand doses of Novavax and up to 130 thousand doses of Johnson &Johnson Covid-19 vaccines in the third quarter of 2021 via the Covax platform.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has approved the second Chinese Sinovac vaccine for emergency use in all countries, giving the green light for this vaccine to be rolled out globally, including in Georgia.
After more than a year-long closure due to the coronavirus pandemic Georgia has today opened its land borders. Individuals are admitted through the land borders of Georgia with evidence of full vaccination and negative PCR test results or alternatively only with a negative PCR test result taken within the last 72 hours. A follow up test three days after entry must also be taken.
Georgia has reported its first confirmed case of the South African coronavirus variant. Head of the National Center for Disease Control Amiran Gamkrelidze said that the South African strain has been confirmed to a Georgian citizen with a travel history in Dubai.