Coronavirus: Georgia Reports 4734 New Cases, 3895 Recoveries, 38 Deaths

4,734 new cases of the virus have been identified in the last 24 hours, Berdia Sichinava, Deputy Head of Operations at the Interagency Coordination Council, said at a briefing at the government administration.

"As part of 2 months of intensive testing, 20,959 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours. As a result, 4,734 new cases of the virus have been identified. The total number of confirmed cases detected since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country amounts to 174,383.

"In the last 24 hours, 3,895 people recovered, and the total number of recoveries increased to 145,287.

"Unfortunately, we have 38 new deaths caused by the coronavirus in the last 24 hours. Since February 26, 2020, we have a total of 1,614 deaths.

"Out of 4,734 new cases of infection detected today, 1,637 cases were reported in Tbilisi, 489 in Adjara, 823 in Imereti, 372 in Kvemo Kartli, 381 in Shida Kartli, 93 in Guria, 377 in Samegrelo in Zemo Svaneti, 328 in Kakheti, 143 in Mtskheta-Mtianeti, 73 in Samtskhe-Javakheti, and 18 in Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti," he said. 

By Ana Dumbadze