Georgia reports 1,023 new cases of coronavirus, 510 recoveries, 17 deaths
Currently 10,422 individuals remain infected with Covid-19. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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Georgia has reported 1,023 new cases of coronavirus, 510 recoveries and 17 deaths in the past 24 hours.
29,517 tests were conducted around the country in the past 24 hours. 21,585 of the 29,517 tests were rapid tests, while the remaining 7,932 were PCR tests.
The country has had 350,428 cases of coronavirus since February 26, 2020.
2.81 per cent of tested individuals had Covid-19 in the past 14 days.
335,029 of the 350,428 patients have recovered, while 4,951 have died from the virus.
Image: coronavirus live update.
Currently 10,422 individuals remain infected with Covid-19.
The new 1,023 cases were recorded in:
- Tbilisi - 546 cases
- Adjara - 78 cases
- Imereti - 90 cases
- Kvemo Kartli - 46 cases
- Shida Kartli - 30 cases
- Guria - 34 cases
- Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti - 108 cases
- Kakheti - 54 cases
- Mtskheta-Mtianeti - 9 cases
- Samtskhe-Javakheti - 10 cases
- Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti - 18 cases
Image: coronavirus live update.
3,333 patients are undergoing treatment in hospitals as of today. 731 of the 3,333 patients are in critical condition. 201 of the 731 critical patients are on artificial ventilation.
16, 062 individuals are in self-isolation.
More than 5,187,000 tests have been conducted in the country so far.
Vaccination with Pfizer will be allowed in four clinics of Tbilisi: Republican Hospital, Bokeria clinic, Caucasus Medical Centre and Amtel hospital, in two clinics of Kutaisi and in Batumi Republican Hospital in the Adjara region. Individuals receiving either the AstraZeneca or Pfizer vaccines against Covid-19 will have to stay at clinics for 45 minutes, instead of 30 minutes to be observed if there are any adverse effects.
Georgia has reported 307 new cases of coronavirus, 1,014 recoveries and 24 deaths in the past 24 hours.
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 Georgian government is negotiating with Covid-19 vaccine manufacturers and is going to import an additional one million doses of Pfizer in June or July, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said today.
Georgia has reported 821 new cases of coronavirus, 866 recoveries and 31 deaths in the past 24 hours. 38,478 tests were conducted around the country in the past 24 hours. 23,864 of the 38,478 tests were rapid tests, while the remaining 14,614 were PCR tests. The country has had 351,249 cases of coronavirus since February 26, 2020. 2.77 per cent of tested individuals had Covid-19 in the past 14 days.