Georgia: The Health Ministry of Georgia said that the country has reported 237 new cases of COVID-19, with 648 recoveries and two fatalities in the past 24 hours. The positivity rate for the past week stands at 1.63 per cent.
There are currently 2,821 active cases of Coronavirus all over the country.
Moreover, as per the figures given by the Georgian health department, a total of 22,932 tests were conducted throughout the country within the last 24 hours, out of which 21,047 were rapid antigen tests, and the remaining 1,885 were PCR tests.
Since February 26, 2020, the country has recorded a total of 1,652,472 cases of Coronavirus. Out of which, 1,632,842 patients have recovered, while 16,783 people have succumbed to it.
The new 237 cases of COVID-19 were recorded in several parts of the country.
- Tbilisi – 129 cases
- Adjara – 6 cases
- Imereti – 26 cases
- Kvemo Kartli – 15 cases
- Shida Kartli – 9 cases
- Guria – 8 cases
- Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti – 11 cases
- Kakheti – 24 cases
- Mtskheta-Mtianeti – 2 cases
- Samtskhe-Javakheti – 2 cases
- Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti – 5 cases
Irakli Garibashvili, Georgia’s Prime Minister, said the present epidemiological situation signalled the end of the country’s crisis, stressing that the government’s decision to prohibit the usage of green permits in February as part of effective management, as a consequence of which “everything stabilised.”
Furthermore, there are currently 359 patients who are undergoing treatment in hospitals, while 2,462 people are undergoing treatment at home and by consulting their family doctors. There are 83 individuals who are undergoing treatment in the intensive care unit.
As of today, around 33.9% of the population of Georgia has been fully vaccinated, accounting for 12.6 L individuals. The country has administered approximately 29.5 L doses of anti-coronavirus vaccines.
