Georgia detects 417 new coronavirus cases

Georgia detected 417 coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, and the total number of infected hit 229,169.

A total of 2 469 have recovered, with the total recoveries reaching 220,442.

The virus claimed 31 lives in the past 24 hours, and the total number of the COVID-19 victims equaled 2,603.

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.