Coronavirus claims 23 lives in Georgia

The novel coronavirus infection claimed 23 lives in the past 24 hours in Georgia.

The total number of dead reached 2,916.

Georgia has detected 1,236 cases of the novel coronavirus infection in the last 24 hours. A total of 2 189 patients recovered.

Georgia observed the first case of the novel coronavirus infection on February 26, 2020.

The World Health Organization declared the pandemic on March 11.

The pneumonia-causing infection outbreak began in China in December 2019.

On January 21, 2020, China confirmed the virus's human-to-human transmission and declared a quarantine in its two cities.