According to Amiran Gamkrelidze, Head of the National Center for Disease Control and Public Health, the first patient who died of coronavirus in Georgia "had serious concomitant diseases."

"Earlier this morning, a fatal case of coronavirus infection was confirmed. The victim is a 79-year-old woman, whose main diagnosis was Covid-19 and acute pneumonia. The complications included respiratory distress syndrome, sepsis, septic shock, spontaneous pneumothorax, acute respiratory failure, acute failure of the cardiovascular system, acute heart failure. The concomitant diseases of this patient were quite severe,” said Amiran Gamkrelidze.

According to him, the woman represented the cluster, the chain of infection development of which is fully known.