More than 400 cases of COVID-19 reported in Georgia
By Anastasia Sokhadze
Friday, October 9
The total number or COVID-19 cases, on October 8th, is 10,225 with 472 new cases.
According to Marina Endeladze, Clinical Director of the Hospital for Infectious Diseases, out of 472 new cases, 230 were registered in Adjara and 134- in Tbilisi.
According to Endeladze, currently, there are 4672 active cases of the virus, of which 60 are in critical condition, 59 of them are on various respiratory regimes, and 9 patients are from the occupied territory of Abkhazia.
As for the Hospital for Infectious Diseases, the center treats 42 infected with COVID-19, including 6 critically ill patients.
11 members of the youth team of the folk ensemble Tutarchela in Rustavi are infected. 6 of them were identified as infected yesterday, 5- today.
The total number of recovered patients is 5553. 5574 citizens are in quarantine, while 836 people are under supervision in the hospital.
The World Health Organization declared the pandemic on March 11th, 2020. Earlier, on January 30th, WHO declared Coronavirus a global threat. The outbreak began in December 2019 in China. On January 21st, China confirmed that the coronavirus was contagious. Quarantine was announced in two cities of the country due to the incident.
