Coronavirus daily cases decrease to 1,965 in Georgia
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Georgia has reported 1,965 new cases of coronavirus, 3,996 recoveries and 50 deaths in the past 24 hours.
36,310 remain infected with Covid-19 in Georgia.
25,624 tests were conducted around the country in the past 24 hours. 18,740 of the 25,624 tests were rapid tests, while the remaining 6,884 were PCR tests.
The country has had 567,922 cases of coronavirus since February 26, 2020.
8.77 per cent of tested individuals had Covid-19 in the past 14 days.
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523,669 of the 567,922 patients have recovered, while 7,917 have died from the virus.
Image: coronavirus live update.
The new 1,965 cases were recorded in:
- Tbilisi - 651 cases
- Adjara - 201 cases
- Imereti - 288 cases
- Kvemo Kartli - 100 cases
- Shida Kartli - 150 cases
- Guria - 82 cases
- Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti - 168 cases
- Kakheti - 161 cases
- Mtskheta-Mtianeti - 80 cases
- Samtskhe-Javakheti - 51 cases
- Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti - 33 cases
Image: coronavirus live update.
6,766 patients are undergoing treatment in hospitals as of today. 1,559 of the 6,766 patients are in critical condition. 405 of the 1,559 critical patients are on artificial ventilation.
27,392 individuals are undergoing treatment at home.
31,111 individuals are in self isolation.
More than 8,270,000 tests have been conducted in the country so far.
1,340,062 individuals have received at least one dose of the vaccine in the country so far, of which 489,194 individuals have been completely vaccinated.
A total of 480,613 people are completely vaccinated in Georgia which amounts to 16.8 per cent of the country’s adult population as of September 6, Georgia's National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announces. 845,420 individuals (29.6 per cent of the country's adult population) have received at least one dose of vaccine.
Georgia has reported 1,120 new cases of coronavirus, 4,905 recoveries and 61 deaths in the past 24 hours.
111-year-old Georgian woman Leonila Gvajava has recovered from coronavirus and will leave Tbilisi Republican Hospital later today, doctors say.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili says that Mtavari Arkhi TV, which used his ID number to register Garibashvili for the second shot of the coronavirus vaccine without his consent, ‘is shameful’. “Yesterday Mtavari Arkhi TV committed yet another lie and provocation… They used my ID number and registered me for the second shot of [the coronavirus] vaccine without my consent ”, Garibashvili said.
Public transport in all large Georgian cities will resume operations from September 13 while sports competitions in the country will be held without spectators in attendance, Chief of the Operational Staff of the Interagency Coordination Council Giorgi Gibradze announced today. The Georgian government imposed a three-week-long restrictions on August 12 as the new cases of coronavirus and daily deaths started to hit record numbers.
The government of Georgia has decided to introduce a 2.8 million GEL lottery in order to encourage citizens to get vaccinated against Covid-19. The lottery will start on September 13 and will be drawn on a daily basis on the website www.stopcov.lotto.ge at 12:00 p.m. until the end of the year, offering 100 and 500 GEL prizes.