NCDC head: Covid peak over, sixth pandemic wave hasn’t ended
Amiran Gamkrelidze called on the public to keep following safety measures related to the virus. Photo: NCDC/Facebook
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The peak of the Coronavirus cases in Georgia is over, but the sixth wave of the pandemic has not yet ended, Amiran Gamkrelidze, the Head of the National Center for Disease Control (NCDC) said on Sunday.
Gamkrelidze said daily confirmed cases varied between 1500-3000, with an overall decrease in the numbers. The health professional also noted an improvement in the overall pandemic situation “in a slow manner”, a tendency he said would continue throughout March.
The reproductive index of the virus has [...] decreased, which gives hope. The severe indicator of the death rates has also been decreasing,” the NCDC Head added.
However, Gamkrelidze called on the public to keep following safety measures related to the virus.
Vaccination rates [have markedly] decreased. We can confidently say that there are relatively less cases of the Omicron variant among the boosted population than in unvaccinated or double-vaccinated individuals. I once again urge you to head to the vaccination points and get your shots,” Gamkrelidze told the public.
Georgia reported 1,700 new cases of coronavirus, 7,002 recoveries and 28 deaths in the last 24 hours. The weekly positivity rate stands at 17.49 percent.
In total, 1,351,828 individuals in Georgia have received at least one dose of Covid-19 the vaccine so far, while 1,248,790 have been fully vaccinated, which makes up 43.5 percent of the country's adult population.
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