Armenia's death toll from Covid-19 reaches 3,895
YEREVAN, April 19 /ARKA/. Armenian health officials have recorded 298 new cases of Covid-19 over the past 24 hours, saying the total number of confirmed cases rose to 208,818 as of Monday morning.
According to the National Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 17 persons have died from Covid-19 during the past 24 hours, taking the total tally of such deaths to 3,895.
Some 1,551 patients have recovered. Overall, 2,176 people have tested for the infection in the last 24 hours, it said. Two persons with confirmed coronavirus has died during that time span from another disease. The number of such deaths is now 982.
In total, 937,603 coronavirus tests have been performed in the country of 3 million since March 1, 2020, when the first case was detected. Since then 189,017 patients have recovered, and 14,924 patients are being treated currently at hospitals and their homes.
On January 11, the government of Armenia extended the coronavirus quarantine for another six months until July 11, 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-
