2 more infected with coronavirus in Russian-occupied Abkhazia, total cases increase to 15
The region confirmed its first case of coronavirus on April 7. Photo: The Ministry of Health.
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Georgia’s Russian-occupied Abkhazia region has reported two more cases of the coronavirus earlier today, bringing the total number of infected individuals to 12.
Local media reports that among the newly infected patients one is a student of a Russian university who returned from Russia to Abkhazia yesterday.
The region confirmed its first case of coronavirus on April 7.
A 15-year-old child died in Abkhazia after being admitted to the hospital on April 7 in critical condition.
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Abkhaz news agency Apsnypress reported that the child was tested for coronavirus, though later the de facto authorities said that the minor was not infected with the coronavirus.
The minor had disabilities and a number of chronic diseases.
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Georgia’s Russian-occupied Abkhazia region confirmed its first case of the coronavirus yesterday. The de facto authorities of the region say that the infected individual is a 57-year-old man from Gagra who travelled to Russia. A 50-year-old woman from the region, who also travelled to Russia, is undergoing treatment on Tbilisi-controlled territory, after testing positive for the virus on March 30.
Thirty-seven people have been transferred from Russian-occupied territories onto Tbilisi-controlled territory due to the coronavirus.