Infection rate today is 3 times higher than in May, and the healthcare system is “working on the edge of tension”. Such a statement made today the Head of the National Center for Disease Control.

“The epidemiological situation, such as the incidence rate, the number of new cases per 100,000 inhabitants, the positive rate is about 3 times higher than we had during the peak of the May wave, on May 17, and about 97% of what we had during the peak of November-December.

The number of active cases in the country has exceeded 50 000. The number of patients admitted to hospitals is quite high. The health care system is working on the edge of tension, more and more activity is needed in both directions”, - said Amiran Gamkrelidze.