Georgia reports 858 new cases of coronavirus

858 new cases of the virus were detected in the last 24 hours, said Berdia Sichinava, Deputy Chief of Operations at the Interagency Coordination Council, at a briefing at the government administration.

"As part of the intensive testing, 17,271 tests were conducted across the country in the last 24 hours, including 11,459 antigen tests and 5,812 PCR tests. The tests revealed 858 cases of the virus in the last 24 hours. The total number of confirmed cases since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic in the country is 259,209. In the last 24 hours, 580 people have recovered from the virus, bringing the total number of recoveries to 250,289. Unfortunately, we have 14 new deaths from coronavirus in the last 24 hours. A total of 3,208 people have died from the virus since the pandemic spread.

Out of 858 new cases of infection detected in the country today: 339 cases were reported in Tbilisi, Adjara - 53, Imereti - 158, Kvemo Kartli - 49, Shida Kartli - 50, Guria - 38, Samegrelo - Zemo Svaneti - 85, Kakheti - 44, Mtskheta-Mtianeti - 21, Samtskhe-Javakheti - 15, Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti - 6", - stated Sichinava.