2021-04-08

Coronavirus: Georgia Records 761 New Cases, 9 Deaths

Georgia reported 761 coronavirus cases, 537 recoveries, and 9 deaths on Thursday, the official figures show.

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34 201 tests have been conducted in the past 24 hours throughout the country, including 20 281 rapid tests and  13 920 PCRs.

Georgian capital Tbilisi recorded the highest number of 434 Covid-19 cases within the last 24 hours, followed by the Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti region with 77 cases and the Adjara region with 67 cases.

The new cases are distributed by regions as follows:

Tbilisi – 434

Adjara – 67

Imereti – 59

Kvemo Kartli – 20

Shida Kartli – 24

Guria – 33

Samegrelo – Zemo Svaneti – 77

Kakheti – 19

Mtskheta-Mtianeti – 23

Samtskhe-Javakheti – 2

Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti – 3.

The daily test-positivity rate stands at 2.23%, while it was 2.03% in the past 14 days.

The total number of confirmed cases since the outbreak of the pandemic in the country has reached 286,406, among them 276,084 people recovered and 3849 died.

Currently, there are 6447 active cases of infection in the country, of which 2045 people are being treated in hospitals.

By Ana Dumbadze