Georgia reports 8 new cases of coronavirus

As of now, 5,943 people are in quarantine, while 252 are in hospital. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.

Agenda.ge, 28 Aug 2020 - 11:02, Tbilisi,Georgia

Georgia has reported eight new cases of the coronavirus earlier today, bringing the total number of cases to 1,455.

Photo: coronavirus live update.

As of today, 6 more patients have recovered, reaching the total number of recovered people to 1,196.

Medical Director of Tbilisi Infectious Disease Hospital Marina Ezugbaia said that the that two new patients contracted the virus from contact from infected individuals, three cases were ‘imported’ and all of them are truck drivers and the source of three other cases are yet unknown. 

Photo: coronavirus live update.

Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, 19 people have died of the virus.

Photo: coronavirus live update.

As of now, 5,943 people are in quarantine, while 252 are in hospital.