Georgia reports 698 new cases of coronavirus, weekly positivity rate stands at 3.12%
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Georgia has reported 698 new Covid-19 cases, 1,036 recoveries, and 10 deaths in the past 24 hours. The positivity rate for the last seven days stands at 3.12 percent.
Overall 8,055 remain infected with coronavirus in Georgia.
A total of 22,903 tests were conducted around the country in the past 24 hours. 20,175 tests were rapid tests, while the remaining 2,728 were PCR tests.
1,647,243 cases of coronavirus have been registered in Georgia since February 26, 2020.
A total of 1,622,432 of 1,647,243 patients have recovered, while 16,730 have died from the virus.
The new Omicron variant of coronavirus accounts for the majority of confirmed Covid-19 cases.
The 698 new cases were recorded in:
- Tbilisi - 254 cases
- Adjara - 19 cases
- Imereti - 102 cases
- Kvemo Kartli - 39 cases
- Shida Kartli - 50 cases
- Guria - 54 cases
- Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti - 63 cases
- Kakheti - 54 cases
- Mtskheta-Mtianeti - 19 cases
- Samtskhe-Javakheti - 12 cases
- Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti - 32 cases
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A total of 592 are undergoing treatment in hospitals as of today. Currently, 159 people are undergoing treatment in the intensive care unit.
7,463 people are undergoing treatment at home.
Overall, 1,359,851 individuals have received at least one dose of any vaccine in the country so far, while 1,256,211 people have been fully vaccinated amounting to 43.7 percent of the country’s adult population and 239,016 have received booster shots of the vaccine.
Georgia has reported 229 new Covid-19 cases, 2,993 recoveries, and 12 deaths in the past 24 hours. The positivity rate for the last 14 days stands at 4.39 percent. Overall 8,403 remain infected with coronavirus in Georgia.
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 553 new Covid-19 cases, 1,021 recoveries, and nine deaths in the past 24 hours. The positivity rate for the last 14 days stands at 3.65 percent. Overall 7,578 remain infected with coronavirus in Georgia.
Georgia has reported 450 new Covid-19 cases, 1,540 recoveries, and six deaths in the past 24 hours. The positivity rate for the last 14 days stands at 3.44 percent. Overall 6,482 remain infected with coronavirus in Georgia.