Georgia reports 544 new cases of coronavirus

544 new cases of the virus were identified in the last 24 hours, said Berdia Sichinava, Deputy Chief of Operations at the Interagency Coordination Council, at a briefing at the government administration.

"As part of the intensive testing, 18,244 tests were conducted across the country in the last 24 hours, including 11,615 antigen tests and 6,629 PCR tests. The testing revealed 544 new cases of the virus in the last 24 hours. The total number of confirmed cases since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic in the country amounts to 263,601. As for the infection rate, as of February 9, the daily positive rate is 2.98%, for the last 14 days - 3.64%, and for 7 days - 3.41%.

In the last 24 hours, 469 people recovered from the virus, and the total number of recoveries increased to 255,385. Unfortunately, we have 5 new deaths from coronavirus in the last 24 hours. A total of 3,311 people have died from the virus since the pandemic spread.

Out of 544 new cases of infection detected in the country today: 226 cases were reported in Tbilisi, Adjara - 29, Imereti - 78, Kvemo Kartli - 23, Shida Kartli - 43, Guria - 26, Samegrelo - Zemo Svaneti - 57, Kakheti - 38, Mtskheta-Mtianeti - 6, Samtskhe-Javakheti - 13, Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti - 5", - stated Sichinava.