Coronavirus: Georgia reports 14,405 new cases, 42 deaths
The new Omicron variant of coronavirus accounts for about 95 percent of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Georgia. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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Georgia has reported 14,405 new Covid-19 cases, 24,409 recoveries, and 42 deaths in the past 24 hours. The positivity rate for the past 14 days stands at 32.04 percent.
Overall 161,827 remain infected with coronavirus in Georgia.
A total of 48,595 tests were conducted around the country in the past 24 hours. 30,616 tests were rapid tests, while the remaining 17,979 were PCR tests.
1,526,205 cases of coronavirus have been registered in Georgia since February 26, 2020.
A total of 1,348,581 of 1,526,205 patients have recovered, while 15,771 have died from the virus.
The new Omicron variant of coronavirus accounts for about 95 percent of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Georgia.
The 14,405 new cases were recorded in:
- Tbilisi - 7,040 cases
- Adjara - 825 cases
- Imereti - 2,014 cases
- Kvemo Kartli - 734 cases
- Shida Kartli - 841 cases
- Guria - 447 cases
- Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti - 565 cases
- Kakheti - 948 cases
- Mtskheta-Mtianeti - 261 cases
- Samtskhe-Javakheti - 199 cases
- Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti - 76 cases
A total of 5,818 are undergoing treatment in hospitals as of today. 1,255 patients are in critical condition out of which 294 are on artificial ventilation.
154,996 people are undergoing treatment at home.
Overall, 1,345,661individuals have received at least one dose of any vaccine in the country so far, while 1,238,784 people have been fully vaccinated amounting to 43.1 percent of the country’s adult population and 206,865 have received booster shots of the vaccine.
Georgia has reported 15,644 new Covid-19 cases, 24,110 recoveries, and 46 deaths in the past 24 hours. The positivity rate for the past 14 days stands at 32.01 percent. Overall 171,873 remain infected with coronavirus in Georgia.
The Georgian government expects the number of Covid-19 cases to decrease in the upcoming weeks and to see the general situation with the epidemic to stabilise by the end of March, the country's prime minister Irakli Garibashvili said earlier today.
The hospitalisation rate for those infected with coronavirus in Georgia has decreased from 20% to 4.5%, Georgian health minister Zurab Azarashvili said earlier today. Azarashvili said over 8,000 beds were available at hospitals for patients, up to 4,500 of which had been occupied over the last two weeks.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said the government aims to extend the vaccination incentive programme, which allows people over the age of 50 to get a 200 GEL reward after receiving the first dose of the vaccine, adding “all vaccines available today should be used."
Georgia has reported 13,288 new cases of coronavirus, 21,183 recoveries and 51 deaths in the last 24 hours. The daily positivity rate stands at 27.89 percent.