Georgia has detected 818 new cases of the novel coronavirus infection, and the number of infected reached 294,540, StopCov.ge reports.
A total of 783 people recovered, with the total number hitting 280,915.
The virus claimed 14 lives in the past 24 hours, and the number of the death toll equaled 3,939.
Georgia conducted 18,822 tests in the past 24 hours, including fast antigen tests equaling 10,197 and PCR tests – 8,625.
Test positivity rates are as follows:
Daily – 4.35%
Over the past 14 days – 2.98%
Over the past seven days – 3.41%
A total of 212 people are in quarantine, while 1,948 are in hospital. A total of 238 people are in clinical hotels.
Georgia observed the first case of the novel coronavirus infection on February 26, 2020.
The World Health Organization declared the pandemic on March 11.
The pneumonia-causing infection outbreak began in China in December 2019.
On January 21, 2020, China confirmed the virus's human-to-human transmission and declared a quarantine in its two cities.
