Tengiz Tsertsvadze: Coronavirus mortality rate in Georgia stands at 0.6%, which is closer to the death rate from flu

"We have achieved that the coronavirus mortality rate in Georgia is 0.6%, which is closer to the death rate from the flu", - Tengiz Tsertsvadze, director general of the Infectious Diseases Hospital, told reporters.

"I want to tell you that despite the sharp increase in cases over the past two weeks, Georgia still maintains the status of the country with the lowest number of deaths among the 49 European countries and North American countries. We have 58 deceased patients, which sounds like a lot to us, because we were less accustomed to it" - said Tsertsvadze.

As Tsertsvadze noted, the increase in death toll in recent days is naturally related to the increase in the number of infected people.

"Mobility and the lifting of internal restrictions have led to an increase in cases. Naturally a sharp increase in cases would be followed by an increase in mortality to some degree. 4 deceases is a tragedy for a family, but it is a very low rate. In any other country, there would be at least 30-40 deaths out of 572 new patients, we have 4”, - Tsertsvadze said.