Coronavirus: Out of 2,061 new cases 1,030 reported in Tbilisi
The number of active cases of Covid-19 stands at 23,957 in Georgia. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
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Georgia has reported 2,061 new cases of Covid-19 after conducting a total of 31,204 tests over the last 24 hours.
Out of the 2,061 new cases 1,030 were reported in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi.
Other cases were reported in:
- Adjara - 299
- Imereti - 190
- Kakheti - 128
- Kvemo Kartli - 120
- Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti - 89
- Shida Kartli - 62
- Mtskheta-Mtianeti - 62
- Samtskhe-Javakheti - 41
- Guria - 35
- Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti - 5
Meanwhile, 1,654 individuals have recovered from Covid-19 and 23 infected patients have died.
As of now, Georgia has confirmed a total of 402,759 cases of the coronavirus since last February, including 373,088 recoveries and 5,688 deaths.
The number of active cases stands at 23,957; meanwhile, 5,069 infected individuals are going under treatment at hospitals, including 947 patients who are in critical conditions.
Georgian female freestyle swimmer Mariam Imnadze, who is one of the 34 athletes competing at the Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, has tested positive for Covid-19. Imnadze thus will not be able to participate in the Olympics that kicked off in Tokyo yesterday.
Georgia has reported a total of 2,617 new cases of Covid-19 after conducting 43,394 tests over the last 24 hours. Out of the new 2,617 cases 1,485 were reported in Tbilisi.
500,000 doses of Pfizer vaccine donated by the United States have arrived in Georgia. Registration for the vaccine starts at 12 p.m. today via the booking.moh.gov.ge website. Meanwhile, Georgia has also received 15,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine donated by Lithuania.
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.
Georgia has reported 3,666 new cases of coronavirus over the past 24 hours which is a record high figure since January 2021. Seventeen individuals have died and 1,335 have recovered from Covid-19 over the past 24 hours. Georgia has reported 407,689 cases of coronavirus since February 26, 2020. 376,088 of the 407,689 individuals have recovered, while 5,731 have died from the virus. Almost 26,000 individuals remain infected with coronavirus in Georgia currently.
Georgia has reported two cases of Delta plus variant of coronavirus earlier today, while 40-50 per cent of the 3,666 patients who tested positive for Covid-19 in the past 24 hours had contracted the Delta variant, Georgian health officials stated earlier today.
40,553 tests were conducted around the country in the past 24 hours. 23,242 of the 40,553 tests were rapid tests, while the remaining 17,311 were PCR tests. The country has had 410,830 cases of coronavirus since February 26, 2020. 6.28 per cent of tested individuals had Covid-19 in the past 14 days.377,597 of the 410,830 patients have recovered, while 5,751 have died from the virus.