Amiran Gamkrelidze: 10% of confirmed coronavirus cases in Georgia are Omicron variants

According to Amiran Gamkrelidze, Director of the National Center for Disease Control, 10% of confirmed coronavirus cases in Georgia are Omicron variants.

According to Gamkrelidze, the number of cases of Omicron will increase today and tomorrow.

“The laboratory-confirmed cases of the Omicron strain of the coronavirus have not changed since yesterday, there are still 600 cases. Most likely, the number of Omicron cases will increase today and tomorrow, as several hundred suspicious cases are being examined today. In all likelihood, 10% of all confirmed coronavirus cases today are Omicron. Cases are rising in people under the age of 18, yet the burden on the hospital sector is not increasing, but is increasing in the laboratory and outpatient sectors. Eight people out of 600 confirmed cases of Omicron have been hospitalized," Amiran Gamkrelidze told Rustavi 2.