Coronavirus: 2,460 new cases of 38,945 tests in 24 hours
Since February 26, 2020 Georgia has had 398,081 cases of coronavirus, 370,565 recoveries and 5,656 deaths. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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Georgia has reported 2,460 new cases of coronavirus, 1,082 recoveries and 20 deaths in the past 24 hours.
In total, 38,945 tests have been conducted around the country of which 20,419 tests were rapid tests, while the remaining 18,526 were PCR tests.
The new cases were recorded in:
- Tbilisi - 1,363 cases
- Adjara - 240 cases
- Imereti - 196 cases
- Kakheti - 181 cases
- Kvemo Kartli - 139 cases
- Shida Kartli - 118 cases
- Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti - 89 cases
- Mtskheta-Mtianeti - 62 cases
- Guria - 36 cases
- Samtskhe-Javakheti - 25 cases
- Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti - 11 cases
Currently 21,834 individuals remain infected with Covid-19, of which:
- 15,567 patients are undergoing treatment at home
- 4,780 patients - in hospitals
- 1,487 patients - in the clinical-hotels
In addition, 934 patients are in critical condition of which 205 are on artificial ventilation.
As of today 15,215 individuals are in self-isolation and 50 individuals are under quarantine.
Since February 26, 2020 Georgia has had 398,081 cases of coronavirus, 370,565 recoveries and 5,656 deaths.
Ten percent of the infected individuals in Georgia are children, medical director of Iashvili Children Hospital Ivane Chkhaidze says. A group of Georgia health workers and scientists also note in a joint statement that ‘the only way to defeat the pandemic is through mass vaccination and adherence to safety measures’.
Georgia will receive 500,000 doses of Pfizer donated by the United States this Saturday, July 24. The Biden-Harris administration unveiled the strategy for global vaccine sharing ‘in service of ending the pandemic’ in early June.
Georgia has reported 2,261 new cases of coronavirus, 1,410 recoveries and 18 deaths in the past 24 hours. In total, 36,656 tests have been conducted around the country of which 20,704 tests were rapid tests, while the remaining 15,952 were PCR tests. Since February 26, 2020 Georgia has had 395,621 cases of coronavirus, 369,483 recoveries and 5,636 deaths.
Individuals over 16 will be able to receive the Pfizer vaccine in Georgia following the Georgian health minister's order, Interpressnews agency reports.
Registration for the first dose of Pfizer vaccine will start tomorrow and the Minister of Health Ekaterine Tikaradze promises the registration website https://booking.moh.gov.ge will work without issue.
The Covid-19 Delta variant amounts to almost half of new cases based on the data of the US-founded Lugar lab in Tbilisi, Head of Georgia's National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Amiran Gamkrelidze stated earlier today. He also noted that the share of children in the daily coronavirus infection rate is 10-12 per cent.