Vaccination Rates in Neighboring Georgia: What Vaccines Are Being Used?

As of November 2 at 11:00 AM, Georgia has reported 5,553 new cases of coronavirus infection. In total, the confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the country have reached 726,941. This was reported by Aliq.ge.

During the last 24 hours, 4,223 patients have recovered from the virus in Georgia. Altogether, 669,822 people have overcome the infection. Additionally, another 47 people have died from the virus, making the total death toll 10,136. The daily positivity rate stands at 11.36%, the rate for the last 14 days is 9.02%, and for the last 7 days, it is 9.06%.

Furthermore, according to the source, as of October 31, 1,402 people have been vaccinated against COVID-19. The vaccination process in Georgia has sharply declined since October. Last month, the highest daily vaccination was over 9,000 doses, achieved on only two occasions, while the National Center for Disease Control and the Ministry of Health deemed it necessary to administer up to 30,000 vaccinations daily.

A “Vaccination Marathon” was launched in large villages of Georgia on October 18; however, according to statistics, the vaccination rate remains very low. Vaccinations in Georgia began on March 15. To date, a total of 1,978,857 vaccinations have been carried out. At least one dose has been administered to 1,036,464 people, accounting for 36.5% of the adult population. The number of fully vaccinated individuals is 940,546, which makes up 32.9% of the adult population.

Vaccination in Georgia is conducted on a voluntary basis using Pfizer, Sinopharm, and Sinovac vaccines.