Novel coronavirus infection claims eight lives in Georgia

The novel coronavirus infection has claimed eight lives in Georgia, the official stopcov.ge website reports.

A total of 17,477 confirmed cases (1,192 new) have been detected in Georgia so far.

The novel coronavirus infection has claimed 136 lives in Georgia.

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.