Active coronavirus cases decrease in Georgia

5 January 2021 14:54 (UTC+04:00)

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Georgia has reported 2,316 new cases of coronavirus, 382 recoveries, and 18 deaths in the past 24 hours, Trend reports via Georgian media.

The new 2,316 cases were recorded in:

Tbilisi - 961 cases
Adjara - 125 cases
Imereti - 420 cases
Kvemo Kartli - 142 cases
Shida Kartli - 154 cases
Guria - 40 cases
Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti - 201 cases
Kakheti - 185 cases
Mtskheta-Mtianeti - 57 cases
Samtskhe-Javakheti - 16 cases
Racha-Lechkhumi, Kvemo Svaneti - 15 cases.

Some 6,620 individuals remain infected with Covid-19 in Georgia as of today, while the figure stood at 20,393 on November 28, 2020, when the government imposed further restrictions to curb the spread of the virus until January 31, 2021.

Some 14,511 tests have been conducted in the past 24 hours around the country. 9,300 of the 14,511 tests were rapid tests, while the remaining 5,211 were PCR tests.

Georgia has had 232,079 cases of coronavirus since February 2020.

Some 222,787 of the 232,079 individuals have recovered, while 2,646 others have died.