Georgia reports 208 new cases of coronavirus, 2 deaths
The new Omicron variant of coronavirus accounts for the majority of confirmed Covid-19 cases. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
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Georgia has reported 208 new Covid-19 cases, 685 recoveries, and two deaths in the past 24 hours. The positivity rate for the last 14 days stands at 2.82 percent.
Overall 4,003 remain infected with coronavirus in Georgia.
A total of 5,184 tests were conducted around the country in the past 24 hours. 3,587 tests were rapid tests, while the remaining 1,597 were PCR tests.
1,649,430 cases of coronavirus have been registered in Georgia since February 26, 2020.
A total of 1,628,643 of 1,649,430 patients have recovered, while 16,758 have died from the virus.
The new Omicron variant of coronavirus accounts for the majority of confirmed Covid-19 cases.
The 208 new cases were recorded in:
- Tbilisi - 106 cases
- Adjara - 10 cases
- Imereti - 16 cases
- Kvemo Kartli - 16 cases
- Shida Kartli - 4 cases
- Guria - 14 cases
- Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti - 19 cases
- Kakheti - 14 cases
- Mtskheta-Mtianeti - 3 cases
- Samtskhe-Javakheti - 1 cases
- Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti - 5 cases
A total of 491 are undergoing treatment in hospitals as of today. Currently, 127 people are undergoing treatment in the intensive care unit.
3,512 people are undergoing treatment at home.
Overall, 1,361,922 individuals have received at least one dose of any vaccine in the country so far, while 1,257,304 people have been fully vaccinated amounting to 43.8 percent of the country’s adult population and 242,727 have received booster shots of the vaccine.
Preliminary findings of a National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) study has found about 85 percent of the Georgian population to have developed immunity against Covid-19, Amiran Gamkrelidze, the Head of the NCDC, said on Tuesday.
Wearing a face mask in outdoor spaces will no longer be mandatory across Georgia starting March 28, Giorgi Ghibradze of the Interagency Coordination Council announced earlier today.
Daily confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Georgia have decreased 24 times, while the cases of hospitalisation have dropped 12 times compared to data from February, the Health Ministry announced on Wednesday.
Georgia has reported 407 new Covid-19 cases, 1,303 recoveries, and three deaths in the past 24 hours. The positivity rate for the last 14 days stands at 3.2 percent. Overall 5,583 remain infected with coronavirus in Georgia.
Georgia has reported 578 new Covid-19 cases, 389 recoveries, and three deaths in the past 24 hours. The positivity rate for the last 14 days stands at 2.61 percent. Overall 4,189 remain infected with coronavirus in Georgia.