16th patient dies of coronavirus in Georgia
The 72-year-old patient suffered from kidney failure and several underlying diseases. Photo: 1tv.ge.
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A sixteenth individual has died from coronavirus-related complications in Georgia today.
Head of the Georgian National Centre for Disease Control Amiran Gamkrelidze said the 72-year-old man suffered from kidney failure and several chronic diseases.
Georgia has reported 11 new cases of the coronavirus earlier today, bringing the total number of cases to 1,039.
Four of the 11 new cases are from truck drivers who carried the virus before entering Georgia, while the remaining individuals had contact with infected individuals in the country.
900 of the 1,039 patients have recovered, while 16 others have died.
As of today 124 people remain infected with COVID-19 in the country.
Twenty-eight Georgian soldiers from NATO’s Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan have tested positive for the coronavirus and have been brought home with the help of the German Air Force earlier today, the Georgian Defence Ministry reports. The ministry says that an Afghan personnel was the source of the infection. The soldiers, who are undergoing treatment in Gori military hospital of central Georgia, suffer from a mild form of the virus, doctors say.
Head of the Georgian National Centre for Disease Control Amiran Gamkrelidze said, the 86-year-old Georgian citizen, who suffered from several underlying illnesses, had arrived from one of Georgia’s neighbouring countries.
Head of the Georgian National Centre for Disease Control Amiran Gamkrelidze says that the current epidemiological situation in Georgia will allow for elections to be held, studies to begin and other activities to be expanded.
A Georgian soldier who became seriously ill while serving in the NATO Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan has been brought back to his homeland by the German air forces, the German Embassy to Georgia has told IPN.
Georgia has reported 10 new cases of the coronavirus earlier today, bringing the total number of cases to 1,049. 903 of the 1,049 patients have recovered, while 16 others have died. As of today 130 people remain infected with COVID-19 in Georgia. Three of the 10 new cases are imported (one is a truck driver), five individuals had contact with infected people, while the remaining two do not know how they contracted the virus.