Georgia has detected 296 new cases of the novel coronavirus infection, and the number of infected reached 4,960, the official government webpage stopcov.ge reports.
The number of recovered increased by 60 and totaled 1,819.
Georgia transported 41 Georgian citizens from abroad for treatment.
The novel coronavirus infection has claimed 27 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.
Demetre Ergemlidze
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