One healthcare worker among 19 new coronavirus patients

Marina Ezugbaia, Medical Director of the Tbilisi Infectious Diseases Hospital, 19 new cases of coronavirus infection have been detected in the last 24 hours. According to her, one of the new patients is a nurse.

As Ezugbaia told reporters on Friday, 19 out of 17 are linked to Bolnisi cluster.

"In the last 24 hours, we have 19 new confirmed cases and 10 recoveries. Currently, 266 people are being treated at the centers of the coronavirus patients. The sources of the 19 new patients have been identified, 17 of them are from two villages of Bolnisi - Geta and Mushevani, one is a healthcare worker,” Ezugbaia said.

The Hospital Medical Director also noted that one more minor patient has recovered and discharged from the Infectious Diseases Hospital.