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UPDATED: 7 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Georgia, total number of confirmed cases stand at 98

As of now Georgia has 77 active cases of coronavirus. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.

Agenda.ge, 30 Mar 2020 - 11:06, Tbilisi,Georgia

UPDATED: 11:49

Georgia has reported seven new cases of coronavirus earlier today, with the total number of confirmed cases standing at 98.

78 of the 98 are active cases, as 18 have recovered and two were foreign citizens who have already left the country.

4,978 are under quarantine and 266 others in hospitals.

Health condition of six of 78 is critical.

Earlier:11:35

Georgia has reported six new cases of coronavirus earlier today, with the total number of confirmed cases standing at 97.

18 of the 97 have recovered.

Georgian health officials say that it has been identified how the six new patients contracted the virus.

Coronavirus preventive measures tightened in Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti region

As of now there are 77 in the country infected with the virus (two were foreign citizens who have already left the country via a charter flight).

4,878 people in Georgia are under quarantine and 264 others in hospitals as of March 30.

Health official says ‘highly likely’ Georgia has internal transmission of COVID-19, calls on public to stay home

Georgia reported its first case of coronavirus on February 26, 2020.

There have been no deaths related to the coronavirus in the country so far.

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State to spend 16 mln GEL on sugar, oil and pasta stocks

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"These are very difficult times not only for the EU, but for our partner countries as well. We are doing all we can to mitigate the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on human lives and livelihoods. We are responding both to the immediate needs of the health systems, as well as longer term needs to the most vulnerable groups in society and small and medium-sized enterprises, which are the backbone of the economies in the six countries,” Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Oliver Varhelyi said.

Georgian servicemembers manning quarantine checkpoints equipped with US, German-provided hardware

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Gov’t announces nationwide curfew

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Foreign states consulting with Georgian epidemiologists on coronavirus containment

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