Georgia reports 865 new cases of coronavirus, 26 deaths

According to stopcov.ge, as part of the intensive testing, 7,733 tests were conducted across the country in the last 24 hours, including 5,281 antigen tests and 2,452 PCR tests.

As a result of the testing, 865 new cases of the virus were detected in the last 24 hours. The total number of confirmed cases detected since the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic in the country amounts to 1,629,930.

As of March 8, the daily positive rate is 11.19%, for the last 14 days - 18.43% and for 7 days - 15.55%.

In the last 24 hours, 2,820 people recovered from the virus, bringing the total to 1,570,884. 26 coronavirus deaths were reported in the last 24 hours. A total of 16,456 people have died from the virus since the pandemic spread.

Out of 865 new cases of infection detected in the country today: 430 cases were reported in Tbilisi, Adjara - 24, Imereti - 115, Kvemo Kartli - 65, Shida Kartli - 46, Guria - 65, Samegrelo - Zemo Svaneti - 35, Kakheti - 57, Mtskheta-Mtianeti - 7, Samtskhe-Javakheti - 11, Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti - 10.

The number of active cases amounts to 42,564.