Georgia records 18th coronavirus-related death

A total of 1,421 cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in the country. 1,137 people have recovered. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.

Agenda.ge, 24 Aug 2020 - 18:34, Tbilisi,Georgia

An eighteenth person has died from coronavirus in Georgia, reports StopCov.ge, the state-run website created in March 2020 to inform the public about the coronavirus situation in the country.

A total of 1,421 cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in the country. 1,137 people have recovered.

7,005 people are in quarantine and 255 are under medical supervision at hospitals. 41 citizens have been transferred from abroad for treatment.

Georgia reported 10 new cases of the coronavirus today.

Medical Director of Tbilisi Infectious Disease Hospital Marina Ezugbaia said that two new patients contracted the virus from the Lenjeri village of Mestia municipality, two from contact from an infected individual, five cases were ‘imported’ and the source of infections has not been identified in the remaining one case.