Georgia reports 553 new cases of coronavirus, 9 deaths

According to stopcov.ge, within intensive testing, 24,461 tests were conducted across the country in the last 24 hours, including 22,232 antigen tests and 2,229 PCR tests.

As a result of the testing, 553 newly confirmed cases of the virus were detected in the last 24 hours. The total number of confirmed cases since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic in the country is 1,647,796.

As for the positive rate, as of March 30, the daily positive rate is 2.26%, for the last 14 days - 3.65% and for 7 days - 2.89%.

In the last 24 hours, 1,021 people recovered from the virus, bringing the total to 1,623,453.

There have been 9 new deaths from coronavirus. A total of 16,739 people have died from the virus since the start of the pandemic.

Out of 553 new cases of infection detected in the country today: 233 cases were detected in Tbilisi, Adjara - 20, Imereti - 84, Kvemo Kartli - 16, Shida Kartli - 40, Guria - 26, Samegrelo - Zemo Svaneti - 48, Kakheti - 46, Mtskheta-Mtianeti - 14, Samtskhe-Javakheti-7, Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti - 19.

The number of active cases of infection at this stage amounts to 7,578.