Armenia’s death toll from Covid-19 grows to 4,716
YEREVAN, August 18, /ARKA/. Armenian health officials have recorded 504 new cases of Covid-19 over the past 24 hours (the highest number since April, 2021) , saying the total number of confirmed cases rose to 235,675 as of Wednesday morning.
According to the National Center for Disease Control and Prevention, three persons have died from Covid-19 during the past 24 hours. The total tally of such deaths is now 4,716.
Some 157 patients have recovered. Overall, 7,219 people have tested for the infection in the last 24 hours, it said. One person with confirmed coronavirus has died during that time span from another disease. The number of such deaths is now 1,139.
In total, 1,453,950 coronavirus tests have been performed in the country of 3 million since March 1, 2020, when the first case was detected. Since then 223,227 patients have recovered, and 6,593 patients are being treated currently at hospitals and their homes.
On July 9, the government of Armenia extended the coronavirus quarantine for another six months until December 20, 2021.
The nationwide quarantine was first imposed on September 11, 2020 replacing the state of emergency that was declared on March 16 to stop the spread of coronavirus. -0-
