Head of Infectious Diseases and AIDS Centre testes positive for Covid-19

Georgia has reported 3,117 new cases of coronavirus, 3,638 recoveries and 45 deaths in the past 24 hours. Photo: 1tv.ge.

Agenda.ge, 17 Nov 2020 - 12:59, Tbilisi,Georgia

The Head of Infectious Diseases and AIDS Centre Tengiz Tsertsvadze has tested positive for coronavirus.

His health condition is satisfactory. He has mild symptoms. Therefore, he does not need to be in the hospital and he is being treated at home," the clinic said.

Georgia has reported 3,117 new cases of coronavirus, 3,638 recoveries and 45 deaths in the past 24 hours. 

16,219 individuals remain infected with Covid-19 in Georgia as of today. 

Georgia has had 85,952 cases of coronavirus since February 26, 2020.

Since then 68,929 individuals have recovered, while 778 others have died. 

5,662 patients are undergoing treatment in hospitals as of today. 740 of the 5,662 patients are in critical condition. 332 of the 740 critical patients are on artificial ventilation.