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Georgia sees spike in coronavirus cases and deaths

Georgia sees spike in coronavirus cases and deaths
Georgia sees spike in coronavirus cases and deaths

Georgia recorded 1,077 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours to bring the total tally to 293,321, according to StopCov.ge.

The country registered 442 recoveries bringing the total number to 279,831. 

Eight patients died in the past 24 hours, with the death toll now standing at 3,916. 

Health workers subjected 31,645 citizens to tests in a single day, including 20,727 to antigen tests and 10,918 to PCR.

The daily test positivity rate is at 3.4%, 2.77% the last 14 days positivity rate, and 2.04% that of a week.

Georgia reported its first coronavirus case on 26 February 2020. A state of emergency was declared on 21 March and universal quarantine restrictions enforced on 31 March.

The WHO confirmed the new coronavirus a pandemic on 11 March 2020. The coronavirus outbreak occurred in China in December 2019. On 21 January, the China-born virus was proved contagious and quarantine measures were implemented in two Chinese cities.

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