Coronavirus: Abkhazia reports 167 new cases of novel virus

Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia recorded 54 new cases of the novel coronavirus in a single day after 543 people were tested.

A total of 248 patients are now under treatment at the six COVID centers in the region, 34 patients with severe COVID-19.

The occupied region has so far registered 11,355 cases, 9,467 recoveries, and 167 deaths.