51st individual recovers from coronavirus in Georgia
As of now, the country has a total of 218 confirmed cases, including 162 infected individuals and three deaths. Photo: Defence Ministry press office
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Yet another individual has recovered from the coronavirus in Georgia increasing the total number of recoveries to 51.
As of now, the country has a total of 218 confirmed cases, including:
- 162 infected individuals
- 3 deaths
Two foreign citizens out of the 218 have returned home for treatment immediately after they tested positive for COVID-19 earlier in March.
Photo: Defence Ministry press office
Representatives of international financial organisations and diplomatic corps have praised the Georgian government and Georgian people for the country's resilience amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Meanwhile, Head of the Georgian National Centre for Disease Control Amiran Gamkrelidze has again called on citizens to stay home, avoid public gatherings and maintain social distancing to prevent the further spread of the virus.
Georgian officials have thanked representatives of international financial organisations and diplomatic corps for their recent open letter to the Georgian government and Georgian people, praising the country's resilience amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia has announced earlier today that the governments of Georgia and the United States have made a joint decision to return 79 Georgian school students who are currently in the US to Georgia tomorrow amid the coronavirus outbreak.
Prime Minister Giorgi Gakhara has called on Georgian citizens to call 112 if they notice a fever or shortness of breathing.
The head and founder of the ruling Georgian Dream party, former PM Bidzina Ivanishvili, has transferred 100 million GEL (about 32 million USD) to the StopCov Fund which was created on March 23 in Georgia to cope with challenges sparked by the coronavirus.
Georgia has reported 12 new cases of the coronavirus earlier today, bringing the total number of cases to 230. Of the 230, 54 individuals have recovered, three people have died and two others were foreign citizens who left the country last month. As of today Georgia has 171 active cases of the virus. Two of the 16 new patients are Georgian truck drivers who tested positive for the virus in Armenia.
Deputy Head of the National Disease Control Centre (NCDC) Paata Imnadze says that there are only three cases of coronavirus infection in Georgia for which the source has not been yet identified.