Georgia reports 360 coronavirus cases, 242 recoveries, 9 deaths

11:10, 19.03.2021

Georgia reported 360 coronavirus cases, 242 recoveries, and nine deaths on Friday, the official figures show.

Georgian capital Tbilisi recorded the highest number of 164 Covid-19 cases within the last 24 hours, followed by the Imereti region with 71 cases and the Kvemo Kartli region with 29 cases.

A total of 23 827 tests have been conducted in the past 24 hours throughout the country. Among them, 14 915 tests were rapid tests, while the remaining 8 912 were PCR tests.

The daily test-positivity rate stands at 1,51 %, while 1,51 % in the past 14 days.

Georgia’s total case tally reached 276 796, among them 269 626 people recovered and 3 683 died.

There are 235 people placed in government-assigned quarantine facilities, 1 434 Covid-19 patients are hospitalized, 154 asymptomatic, and mild symptom patients are being treated at government-assigned treatment facilities.

By - Elene Dobordjginidze

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