Georgia reports 1,143 new coronavirus cases, 617 recoveries, 23 deaths
Out of the 11,155 tests conducted over the last 24 hours 4,397 were PCR tests and 6,758 were rapid tests. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
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Georgia has reported 1,143 new cases of coronavirus after conducting a total of 11,155 tests over the last 24 hours.
Out of the new 1,143 cases:
- 488 were reported in Tbilisi
- 143 were reported in Imereti
- 138 were reported in Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti
- 88 were reported in Adjara
- 73 were reported in Kvemo Kartli
- 64 were reported in Shida Kartli
- 58 were reported in Kakheti
- 51 were reported in Mtskheta-Mtianeti
- 23 were reported in Guria
- 16 were reported in Samtskhe-Javakheti
- 1 was reported in Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo svaneti
As of now Georgia has 11,095 active cases of COVID-19, while the number of the total confirmed cases has increased to 239,229, including 225,355 recoveries and 2,773 deaths.
Patrol police monitors adhesion to regulations aimed to prevent the further spread of the virus. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
Calling on all citizens to maintain all the regulations, police have fined a total of 877 individuals for breaching self-isolation and quarantine rules as well as not wearing face masks in public areas.
Georgia has reported a total of 2,058 new cases of coronavirus after conducting 7,054 PCR tests and 11,095 antigen tests over the last 24 hours. Meanwhile, 529 individuals have recovered from the virus and 22 others have died. Out of the new 2,058 cases 808 were reported in the Georgian capital of Georgia.
Georgia is starting a new stage of social assistance this year amid the coronavirus pandemic, said Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia earlier today, noting that people who have lost their jobs and have not earned a salary since December 2020 will receive 200 GEL per month over the course of the next six months.
The secretary of Georgia’s Catholics Patriarch Ilia II, Shorena Tetruashvili, has tested positive for coronavirus.
Foreign Ministers of 13 member states of the European Union have called on the European Commission ‘to set up a support mechanism’ to allow the Eastern Partnership countries - Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine - ‘secure early access to COVID-19 vaccine’. The letter initiated by Lithuania was signed by the FMs of Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Sweden.
Georgian Patriarch Ilia II and other members of the patriarchate have tested negative for coronavirus, Archpriest Andria Jaghmaidze has stated. The tests have been conducted at the patriarchate after the secretary of Ilia II, Shorena Tetruashvili, contracted the virus earlier this week.
Georgia has reported 1,857 new cases of coronavirus, 993 recoveries and 24 deaths in the past 24 hours.