Georgia reports 4,921 new cases of Covid, 58 deaths
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Georgia has reported 4,921 new cases of coronavirus, 4,471 recoveries and 58 deaths in the past 24 hours.
57,704 remain infected with Covid-19 in Georgia currently.
49,468 tests were conducted around the country in the past 24 hours. 29,152 of the 49,468 tests were rapid tests, while the remaining 20,316 were PCR tests.
The country has had 501,297 cases of coronavirus since February 26, 2020.
10.78 per cent of tested individuals had Covid-19 in the past 14 days.
436,977of the 501,297 patients have recovered, while 6,590 have died from the virus.
Image: coronavirus live update.
The new 4,921 cases were recorded in:
- Tbilisi - 1,948 cases
- Adjara - 739 cases
- Imereti - 626 cases
- Kvemo Kartli - 254 cases
- Shida Kartli - 257 cases
- Guria - 135 cases
- Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti - 276 cases
- Kakheti - 386 cases
- Mtskheta-Mtianeti - 116 cases
- Samtskhe-Javakheti - 147 cases
- Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti - 37 cases
Image: coronavirus live update.
7,133 patients are undergoing treatment in hospitals as of today. 1,482 of the 7,133 patients are in critical condition. 320 of the 1,482 critical patients are on artificial ventilation.
54,448 individuals are in self isolation.
More than 7,565,000 tests have been conducted in the country so far.
883,570 individuals have received at least one dose of the vaccine in the country so far, of which 258,303 individuals have been completely vaccinated.
Paramedics and ambulance personnel in Georgia will receive 500 GEL (about $160/€136) salary supplements, Georgian Health Minister Ekaterine Tikaradze has announced today.
A large new Covid-19 vaccination centre will open today at Georgian National University (SEU), where the public will be able to receive Pfizer, Sinovac and Sinopharm vaccines against Covid-19 without any prior registration, announces the Ministry of Health of Georgia.
Georgian public service halls and community centres in various regions of Georgia have started issuing Covid cards for Georgian citizens, the Georgian government administration announces. The application submission for the card is free of charge and only identification (ID) cards are required.
Mandatory testing for Covid-19 will not be free of charge for unvaccinated Georgian citizens starting September 15, Head of Georgia’s National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Amiran Gamkrelidze announced earlier today.
The unemployment rate in Georgia has increased 3.8 per cent in the second quarter of 2021 compared to the same period of last year, amounting to 22.1 per cent, the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat) reports.
Immunologist-allergist Bidzina Kulumbegov, who is taking part in UNICEF’s awareness raising campaign on coronavirus vaccination around the country, has called on the Georgian patriarchate to take actions to ‘stop anti-doctor campaigns’ by a group of anti-vaxxer clerics.
Georgia has reported 4,743 new cases of coronavirus, 3,393 recoveries and 59 deaths in the past 24 hours. 58,995 remain infected with Covid-19 in Georgia currently.46,389 tests were conducted around the country in the past 24 hours. 29,181 of the 46,389 tests were rapid tests, while the remaining 17,208 were PCR tests. The country has had 506,040 cases of coronavirus since February 26, 2020.