Field hospital for 500 Covid-19 patients in Tbilisi receives first patients
A total of 58,995 people currently remain infected with coronavirus in Georgia. Photo: Georgian Health Ministry.
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A field hospital for 500 coronavirus patients in the Didi Digomi district of Tbilisi has received its first nine patients and will work in full capacity starting today, Georgian Deputy Health Minister Tamar Gabunia announced.
Gabunia noted that patients will stay in field hospitals for two-three days to be stabilised and after that will be transferred to a hotel or other hospital depending on their health condition.
Gabunia also stated that further mobilisation of the hospital sector is underway.
Some hospitals are still preparing to mobilise extra beds, this is a parallel process,” stated Gabunia.
She announced that the patients’ condition in the field hospital is stable, despite the fact that there are patients who require oxygen treatment.
Georgia has reported 4,743 new cases of coronavirus and 59 deaths in the last 24 hours.
A total of 58,995 people currently remain infected with coronavirus in Georgia.
It has not been laboratory confirmed that an individual in Georgia has contracted Covid-19 three times, Head of Infectious Diseases and AIDS Centre Tengiz Tsertsvadze stated earlier today, following earlier reports to the effect.
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.
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.
A field hospital for 500 patients will open in the Didi Digomi district of Tbilisi, where the majority of beds will be equipped with oxygen concentrators, Georgian Health Minister Ekaterine Tikaradze stated earlier today.
Georgia has reported 74 coronavirus deaths in the past 24 hours which is a record high figure since the country confirmed its first case of Covid-19 at the end of February 2020. 6,723 individuals have died from the virus in Georgia so far. The country has reported 4,901 new cases of 46,595 tests and 2,586 recoveries in the past 24 hours. Most of the new cases were reported in the capital Tbilisi, Adjara and Imereti regions.
Georgia has reported 3,803 new cases of coronavirus, 3,332 recoveries and 48 deaths in the past 24 hours.
Ten per cent of Georgia’s adult population have been fully vaccinated as of August 21.
One more field hospital for 200 Covid-19 patients on Kavtaradze Street in Tbilisi has received its first patients yesterday, Health Minister Ekaterine Tikaradze stated earlier today.
Head of Georgia’s National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Amiran Gamkrelidze has stated that Covid-19 deaths in the past one week in Georgia and worldwide outnumbered the most common individuals causes of death such as cardiovascular diseases, ischemic heart diseases, stroke and tumors.