Georgia reports 2,236 new cases of coronavirus, 3,146 recoveries, 44 deaths
40,233 individuals remain infected with Covid-19 in Georgia. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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Georgia has reported 2,236 new cases of coronavirus earlier today. Currently 40,233 individuals remain infected with Covid-19 in the country.
23,439 tests were conducted around the country in the past 24 hours. 12,524 of the 23,439 tests were rapid tests, while the remaining 10,915 were PCR tests.
3,146 individuals have recovered and 44 have died from the virus in the past 24 hours.
The country has had 450,149 cases of coronavirus since February 26, 2020.
8.74 per cent of tested individuals had Covid-19 in the past 14 days.
403,762 of the 450,149 patients have recovered, while 6,128 have died from the virus.
Image: coronavirus live update.
The new 2,236 cases were recorded in:
- Tbilisi - 946 cases
- Adjara - 499 cases
- Imereti - 177 cases
- Kvemo Kartli - 100 cases
- Shida Kartli - 90 cases
- Guria - 38 cases
- Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti - 126 cases
- Kakheti - 165 cases
- Mtskheta-Mtianeti - 56 cases
- Samtskhe-Javakheti - 30 cases
- Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti - 9 cases
Image: coronavirus live update.
6,641 patients are undergoing treatment in hospitals as of today. 1,328 of the 6,641 patients are in critical condition. 293 of the 1,328 critical patients are on artificial ventilation.
31,040 individuals are undergoing treatment at home.
34, 712 individuals are in self isolation.
More than 7,103,000 tests have been conducted in the country so far.
641,242 individuals have been vaccinated in the country so far. 197,118 of the 641, 242 individuals have received their both doses of a vaccine.
Georgia's prime minister Irakli Garibashvili received his Covid-19 vaccine dose on Sunday, opting for a Pfizer jab in Tbilisi while also urging his fellow citizens to vaccinate.
Georgia has reported 3,780 new cases of coronavirus earlier today. Currently 38,806 individuals remain infected with Covid-19 in the country.
The Delta variant currently accounts for over 80 per cent of Covid-19 cases in Georgia, while almost 100 per cent of infections recorded in Batumi and Tbilisi are Delta Covid-19 variants, said Deputy Director of the National Centre for Disease Control of Georgia (NCDC) Paata Imnadze earlier today.
Foreign citizens residing in Georgia who do not have a residence card or a permit are now able to receive the COVID-19 vaccine in the three main cities of Georgia, the Georgian Health Ministry has reported.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili has stated that the country must hold the October 2 municipal elections in a safe environment amid the coronavirus pandemic and has announced a meeting with the leadership of the country’s Central Election Commission (CEC) in the coming days.
Wearing facemasks outdoors where at least five people have gathered has become mandatory and holding social events such as weddings, funeral feasts and birthdays are prohibited starting tomorrow in Georgia, representative of the Interagency Coordination Council Giorgi Ghibradze announced earlier today.
Registration for the second dose of Pfizer vaccine will start on August 15, announces Deputy Health Minister Tamar Gabunia. She said that an average of 20,000 people a day have been vaccinated in the country over the last three days, which is 'a good indicator'.
Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili will not participate in large-scale events due to the surge of coronavirus cases in the country, the Georgian president’s administration announced today. The official statement also reads that Georgian President Zurabishvili cancels all planned large-scale meetings in the administration of the President of Georgia.
The health condition of the Georgian national rugby team head coach Levan Maisashvili is still critically severe due to Covid-19 complications, Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili has posted on Facebook today. Georgia Rugby Union confirmed the information about Maisashvili’s critical condition in the middle of July. Salome Zurabishvili announced that Maisashvili has not had any additional complications in the last two days, although he had all the possible complications before.
Georgia has reported 5,697 new cases of coronavirus out of 44,536 tests and 54 deaths in the past 24 hours which is a record high figure since January 2021. 2,713 individuals have recovered from the virus in the past 24 hours. 40,279 individuals remain infected with Covid-19 in Georgia currently. In total 6,128 individuals have died from the virus in the country since the spring of 2020.
Health Minister Ekaterine Tikaradze says that Georgia currently has a ‘worse epidemiological situation’ than the country’s health officials had expected.