Amiran Gamkrelidze: All parameters, incidence, rate of positive cases, unfortunately, are deteriorated

According to Amiran Gamkrelidze, head of the National Center for Disease Control, today the number of infected people is higher than it was in May, and the current indicators are 50-60% of the November rate.

"The epidemic situation in Georgia has deteriorated. Today we have 3666 new cases. In total, there are 25,844 active cases in the country. 17 people have died in the last 24 hours. The mortality rate is 1.4%. All parameters, incidence, rate of positive cases, unfortunately, are deteriorated. The positivity rate fluctuates within 6%. We now have more infections than we did in May, at the peak of the third wave, and we are up to at 50-60 percent of what we were at the peak of the second wave, in late November to early December. There is one difference - vaccines are available in the country today", - Gamkrelidze said.