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Covid-19 in Georgia: 3,436 new cases, 4,483 recoveries, 43 deaths

As of now Georgia has confirmed a total of 692,240 cases of the coronavirus, including 630,961 recoveries and 9,742 deaths, while the number of active cases stands at 51,511. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge

Agenda.ge, 24 Oct 2021 - 13:01, Tbilisi,Georgia

Georgia has reported 3,436 new cases of Covid-19 after conducting a total of 32,011 tests over the last 24 hours.

Meanwhile, 4,483 individuals have recovered and 43 patients have died.

Out of the new 3,436 new cases were reported in:

Tbilisi - 1,208
Imereti - 729
Kakheti - 539
Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti - 235
Kvemo Kartli - 221
Shida Kartli - 195
Guria - 98
Adjara - 87
Samtskhe-Javakheti - 68
Mtskheta-Mtianeti - 48
Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti - 8

As of now Georgia has confirmed a total of 692,240 cases of the coronavirus, including 630,961 recoveries and 9,742 deaths, while the number of active cases stands at 51,511.

Yesterday Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili again called on the Georgian citizens to get vaccinated to curb the spread of the coronavirus.

The Head of Georgia's National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Amiran Gamkrelidze has meanwhile said that 99 per cent of individuals who have died from Covid-19 in Georgia were not vaccinated.

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