Coronavirus: Georgia Reports 448 New Cases, 299 Recoveries, 40th Death

As of October 1, a record-high number of coronavirus infections have been detected in Georgia, as the country reported 448 new cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of infected people to 6640.

The head of the department at the Infectious Diseases Hospital, Marina Endeladze, told reporters that of 448 new cases, 241 were confirmed in the Adjara region, where the situation in terms of virus spreading becomes more alarming by the day. 

At the same time, 62 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Georgia's capital Tbilisi, where the average number of infections reported was between 30-35 for the last few days. 

"Adjara is still the leader, we have 241 cases there, in Imereti 98, in Tbilisi  62, Samegrelo - Zemo Svaneti 15, Samtskhe - Javakheti 9, Guria 7, Shida Kartli 7, Kakheti 2. We have 6 imported cases," Endeladze said.

The number of recovered patients increased by 299 to reach 3419.

Another patient has died of coronavirus in Georgia in the last 24 hours and the total number of deaths has increased to 40.

The 81-year-old patient was being treated at the Batumi Republican Hospital. He had concomitant diseases.

Currently, there are 3,155 active cases of coronavirus in the country, of which 35 patients are in critical condition and 33 are on artificial respiration. 9 of the patients on artificial respiration were transferred from occupied Abkhazia.

Endeladze has commented on this drastic increase in infection cases, noting that there may be a peak of coronavirus cases for a few days and then the number will gradually decrease.

She noted that it is good that all the infected are being identified.