87 out of 158 new cases of coronavirus were detected in Adjara

According to Marina Ezugbaia, Medical Director of the Tbilisi Central Infectious Diseases Hospital, out of 158 newly confirmed cases of coronavirus, 87 of them are related to Adjara and 18 to Tbilisi.

According to Ezugbaia, the rate of spread of the virus does not give cause for panic, because the government, the Ministry of Health and the Center for Disease Control have taken rapid and proportionate measures.

"158 new cases were confirmed today. The overall number of confirmed cases amounts to 2075. Out of 158 new cases, 87 are connected to Adjara, 28 - Samegrelo, 19 - Imereti, 6 - Guria and 18 -Tbilisi. We have never had so high numbers in the country, but it does not give us reason to panic and so I want to say that we need to stay relatively calm. I'll explain why there is no reason to panic. Due to the fact that very immediate, prompt, proportionate actions were taken by the government, the Ministry of Health and the Disease Control, the contacts of the infected were found and examined very quickly", - Marina Ezugbaia said.

As Ezugbaia noted, the virus has been almost localized in Batumi and Tsageri.

"I can tell you that the largest number of these 158 is in Batumi and we are almost already localizing it there. Such rapid researches allow us to isolate their contacts. We can state that we will stop the spread of the infection. Batumi is almost localized. Tsageri has also been also localized", - stressed Ezugbaia.