Georgia reports 4,226 coronavirus cases, 4,091 recoveries, 53 deaths
Georgia reports 4,226 coronavirus cases, 4,091 recoveries, 53 deaths

Georgia reported 4,226 coronavirus cases, 4,091 recoveries, and 53 deaths on December 8, the official figures show.

55,130 tests have been conducted in the past 24 hours throughout the country. Among them, 33,673 tests were rapid tests, while the remaining 21,457 were PCR tests.

Georgian capital Tbilisi recorded the highest number of 1,790 Covid-19 cases within the last 24 hours, followed by the Imereti region with 635 cases and the Shida Kartli region with 366 cases.

The daily test-positivity rate stands at 7,67%, while 7,96% in the past seven days.

Georgia’s total case tally reached 875,806, among them,  817,963 people recovered and 12,519 died.

There are 39 people placed in government-assigned quarantine facilities, 6,371 Covid-19 patients are hospitalized, 1,189 asymptomatic, and mild symptom patients are being treated at government-assigned treatment facilities.

Currently, out of 1,600 critical patients, 344 require mechanical ventilation.

As of today, 2,264,582 people got the coronavirus vaccine, with 11,943 in a day.