Georgia coronavirus death toll rises

The number of novel coronavirus infection victims increased by 35 last night.

The total number of dead equaled 1,230.

Georgia detected 4,426 new cases of the novel coronavirus, with the total number of infected reaching 132,368.

A total of 3,721 patients have recovered.

The number of recoveries hit 110,049.

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.