Over six thousand cases reported in Georgia over the weekend
By Nika Gamtsemlidze
Monday, November 16
Over the weekend, a total of 6524 new cases of the Covid-19 were reported in Georgia. Out of this, 3504 were reported on Saturday, and 3020 were reported yesterday, on Sunday. The number of deaths as a result of the Covid-19 complications have increased significantly as well.
Total of 67 people have died because of the Covid-19 over the last two days, 33 on Saturday, 34 on Sunday. In total, 703 people have died in Georgia because of Covid-19 since February. Since February 26, more than 79,000 cases were reported in the country, most of them in the last three months.
In Tbilisi, 2586 new cases of the coronavirus were reported in the last two days. The number of daily cases in Tbilisi has been more than 1,000 for most of the last week. On Saturday, Tbilisi reported 1232 cases, while on Sunday – 1354.
Prime Minister of Georgia, Giorgi Gakahria has met with the executives of private healthcare facilities to talk about available hospital beds at each facility. The meeting was also attended by the Minister of Health Ekaterine Tikaradze, and Finance Minister, Ivane Matchavariani.
PM Gakharia once again noted that the country will continue its path of precision-targeted and localized approaches. As he said, there are no systemic restrictions placed by the government of the country.
At the time of writing 2 425 individuals are in quarantine, 3361 - at COVID Hotels, 5 355 - under medical supervision at hospitals of the country.
The first case of the coronavirus was reported in Georgia several months ago, in February. Since then, the virus has spread throughout the country. At first, during the Spring, the virus was spreading at a very low pace, according to some experts, one of the major reasons for this was the strict restrictions that were in the country.
The virus started spreading very fast from September onwards, starting in the Adjara region of the country. However, as of now, Tbilisi is leading with new daily case numbers of the coronavirus.
At the time of writing, there have been more than 54 million cases of the Covid-19 reported worldwide, out of which, more than 1,3 million have been fatal with about 38 million people having already recovered. The United States is leading in terms of most reported cases, with more than 11 million cases reported.
