According to the medical director of the Infectious Diseases Hospital, Marina Ezugbaia, out of 8 newly confirmed cases, one is medical staff, 5 are imported cases and 2 are contacts with previously confirmed cases.

As for the recovered, according to Ezugbaia, 5 more patients have recovered from coronavirus and the percentage of a total of recovered persons is 80.5%.

“Out of 5 imported cases, 2 are truck drivers”, Ezugbaia said.

8 new cases of coronavirus were confirmed in Georgia during the last 24 hours, bringing the total number to 1168, stopcov.ge reports.

As for the recoveries, their number has increased by 5, reaching 940.

16 people have died of the virus in the country. 41 citizens of Georgia have been transported to the country from abroad for treatment.