Five more coronavirus cases in Georgia

Five people who came to Georgia from Italy have tested positive for the coronavirus, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to nine.

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The news was announced at a briefing delivered by the director of the National Center for Disease Control Amiran Gamkrelidze.

“In this case, they are members of the same family. Together they went to Italy and on Sunday returned to Georgia. As a result, there are nine coronavirus patients in our country at the moment,” Gamkrelidze noted.