Georgia reports 1,006 new cases of coronavirus, 17,349 tests conducted
Georgia reported its first case of coronavirus at the end of February 2020. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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Georgia has reported 1,006 new cases of coronavirus, 1,050 recoveries and 25 deaths in the past 24 hours.
7,254 individuals remain infected with Covid-19 in Georgia as of today.
17,349 tests have been conducted in the past 24 hours around the country.
5,857 of the 17,349 tests were rapid tests, while the remaining 11,492 were PCR tests.
Georgia has had 254,822 cases of coronavirus since February 2020.
Image: coronavirus live update.
244,446 of the 254,822 individuals have recovered, while 3,096 others have died.
The new 1,006 cases were recorded in:
- Tbilisi - 426 cases
- Adjara - 23 cases
- Imereti - 202 cases
- Kvemo Kartli - 49 cases
- Shida Kartli - 79 cases
- Guria - 17 cases
- Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti - 98 cases
- Kakheti - 69 cases
- Mtskheta-Mtianeti - 22 cases
- Samtskhe-Javakheti - 15 cases
- Racha-Lechkhumi, Kvemo Svaneti - 6 cases
Image: coronavirus live update.
3,069 patients are undergoing treatment in hospitals as of today. 689 of the 3,069 patients are in critical condition. 193 of the 689 critical patients are on artificial ventilation.
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More than 2, 122,000 tests have been conducted in Georgia so far.
17,801 individuals are in self-isolation.
The vaccination of non-risk groups against coronavirus will start in summer or early autumn, said Deputy Head of NCDC Paata Imnadze earlier today.
Georgian Health Officials say that the country will be able to receive only 200,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine against coronavirus as of today as Georgia lacks refrigeration facilities to keep the vaccines in mandatory -80 degree conditions.
The Pfizer vaccine may be the first vaccine Georgia uses to combat the coronavirus in the near future, said Health Minister Ekaterine Tikaradze earlier today.
The Georgian parliament has plans to approve coronavirus vaccination-related changes to the country’s Law on Public Health this week, leader of the ruling Georgian Dream party Mamuka Mdinaradze stated earlier today.
Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia said at today's inter-agency coordination council meeting that if the community transmission rate continues to remain at over 4% any talk about normal economic performance is 'nothing more than gossip'.
A total of 228,410 cases of Covid-19 were reported in Georgia between February 26, 2019 and December 31, 2020, reads the fifth review of the Covid-19 in Georgia, published by the National Center for Disease Control and Public Health.
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Georgia has reported 742 new cases of coronavirus, 1,081 recoveries and 12 deaths in the past 24 hours. 6,903 individuals remain infected with Covid-19 in Georgia as of today. 18,007 tests have been conducted in the past 24 hours around the country.10,627 of the 18,007 tests were rapid tests, while the remaining 7,380 were PCR tests. Georgia has had 255,564 cases of coronavirus since February 2020. 245,527 of the 255,564 individuals have recovered, while 3,108 others have died.