Georgia confirmed no new cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours for the first time since February 26, medical director of Tbilisi infectious diseases hospital Marina Ezugbaya told reporters.
According to her, the number of people who recovered from the infection grew by 20 to 724.
The country has detected a total of 879 cases and 14 related deaths.
Georgia revealed its first case of COVID-19 on February 26.
From June 1, Georgia relaxed some restrictions, allowing only outdoor restaurants to reopen. Large shopping centers are due to open from that date. The country allowed the operation of intercity transport from June 8. Moreover, with few exceptions, Georgia will remain closed to foreign travelers until at least July 1.
The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) emerged in late 2019 in China’s Hubei province, and the virus has spread to more than 200 countries and territories since then.
To date, COVID-19 cases surpassed 8,128,000 globally, resulting in more than 4,242,000 recoveries and over 439,000 deaths.
On February 11, the WHO officially named the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) as COVID-19, and on March 11, declared it a pandemic.