Tengiz Tsertsvadze believes that such a surge in coronavirus cases is the beginning of the "fifth wave"

According to Tengiz Tsertsvadze, head of the Tbilisi Infectious Diseases Hospital, such a surge in coronavirus cases is the beginning of the "fifth wave".

As Tsertsvadze told journalists, the number of cases is expected to increase even more in the coming days.

"Unfortunately, in recent days there has been a surge in new cases. In just 3-4 days it increased from 2 thousand to 5 thousand. It is true that today is 3200, but probably because of yesterday's weekend. It is expected to increase again in the coming days. Are we on the edge of the fifth wave? - Giving these names is somewhat general. Nobody knows exactly when the "third wave" ends, where the fourth wave ends and when the "fifth wave" will start. Yes, I would say that since there was a significant decrease after the "fourth wave", when there were 1000 to 2000 cases, and the death rate dropped from 80 to 23-26 - let's assume that we went through the "fourth wave" then and such a surge is now the beginning of the "fifth wave", - Tsertsvadze said.