Deputy Health Minister : 10,177 people have been tested so far and 4,5 % have been positive, while today's results do not exceed 2 %

The so-called aggressive or targeted testing is aimed at active screening in high-risk groups, in order to identify any case, including those without clinical symptoms, Tamar Gabunia, First Deputy Minister of Health, said.

He said the number of people tested with the PCR tests has increased significantly in the last few days. According to the Deputy Minister, the laboratory network has been expanded and if we used to talk about 200-300 tests a day, now, they get up to 900 coronavirus test results from the laboratories and 2 % of these results have been positive.

According to Gabunia, the number of people, tested for the coronavirus in the country, will increase.

“As you know, the municipalities of Marneuli and Bolnisi have been in the center of attention for several weeks, and there are very active epidemiological surveillance measures have been taking there. We have the plan for 2 incubation periods – it includes the steps that need to be taken gradually over a period of 28 days. Gradual measures include thermos screening and, in case of a positive result, smear testing and PCR testing, and in case of positive results, the process involve hospitalization of the patients for treatment.

This process is carried out in high-risk regions, where an increased number of cases is reported. We have been using this for several months to prevent the transmission of the virus, ”Gabunia said.

According to her, the statistics show that there are no unknown cases today - although the number of tested people has increased, percentage of the positive cases has decreased: in particular, 10,177 people have been tested so far and 456 of them have appeared infected. This, according to the Deputy Minister, is simple mathematics, which confirms that the percentage of positive COVID-19 tests is 4,5 %. Today's results do not exceed 2 %, which confirms that unknown cases are minimal.