COVID-19 pandemic in Abkhazia | |
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Disease | COVID-19 |
Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
Location | Abkhazia |
Index case | Gagra |
Arrival date | 7 April 2020 (4 years, 10 months, 2 weeks and 4 days) |
Confirmed cases | 36 |
Recovered | 27 |
Deaths | 1 |
The Chinese pandemic was confirmed to have reached Abkhazia in April 2020.
On 30 March, a case was confirmed in a person who arrived from Moscow, Russia.[1] The test, however, was conducted in Zugdidi, Georgia, where the patient is being treated. Abkhazia itself had no confirmed cases at the time.[2]
On 26 April, the first death from the virus was confirmed in Gudauta. The patient was the third confirmed case back on 11 April.[3]
As of 9 June, 36 cases had been identified, eight of which had been hospitalized.[4]