Head of Infectious Diseases Centre: 33% of Tbilisi residents have contracted Covid-19
Thirty-three per cent (350,000) of Tbilisi residents have contracted Covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic, of which 23 per cent (220,000) were asymptomatic at the time of PCR testing. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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Thirty-three per cent (350,000) of Tbilisi residents have contracted Covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic, of which 23 per cent (220,000) were asymptomatic at the time of PCR testing, said the Head of the Infectious Diseases and AIDS Centre Tengiz Tsertsvadze today.
A total of 220,000 individuals didn’t know that they were infected with Covid-19, but they were found to have coronavirus antibodies. About 350,000 Tbilisi residents have contracted Covid-19”, said Tsertsvadze.
Tsertsvadze also noted the pandemic will be brought under control when 65 per cent of the population is vaccinated against Covid-19. He said currently there are 80 Covid vaccination sites in Georgia and soon there will be 250 points throughout the country.
Georgia has reported 695 new cases of coronavirus, 797 recoveries and 16 deaths in the past 24 hours. 37,842 tests were conducted around the country in the past 24 hours. 23,931 of the 37,842 tests were rapid tests, while the remaining 13,911 were PCR tests. The country has had 352,649 cases of coronavirus since February 26, 2020. 2.67 per cent of tested individuals had Covid-19 in the past 14 days.