Eight more people died from Covid-19 in Armenia

YEREVAN, January 25. /ARKA/. Armenian health officials have recorded 58 new cases of Covid-19 over the past 24 hours, saying the total number of confirmed cases rose to 166, 094 as of Monday   morning. 

According to the National Center for Disease Control and Prevention, eight people have died from Covid-19 during the past 24 hours, taking the total tally of such deaths to 3,047.

Some 224 patients have recovered. Overall, 779 people have tested for the infection in the last 24 hours, it said. Two persons with confirmed coronavirus have died during that time span from other disease. The total number of such cases is now 744.

In total, 637,544 coronavirus tests have been performed in the country of 3 million since March 1, 2020, when the first case was detected. Since then 154,932 patients have recovered, and 7,362 patients are being treated currently at hospitals and at 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-