Twenty people die from Covid-19 in Armenia over past 24 hours

YEREVAN, December 10, /ARKA/. Armenian health officials have recorded 347 new cases of Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, saying the total number of confirmed cases rose to 342,115 as of Friday morning.

According to the National Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 20 people have died from Covid-19 during the past 24 hours. The total tally of such deaths is now 7,767.

Some 1,208 patients have recovered. Overall, 6,416 people have tested for the infection in the last 24 hours, it said. Seven persons with confirmed coronavirus have died during that time span from other diseased. The number of such deaths is now 1,471.

In total, 2,433,927 coronavirus tests have been administered in the country of 3 million since March 1, 2020, when the first case was detected. Since then 324,224 patients have recovered, and 8,652 patients are being treated currently at hospitals and their homes.

On November 11, the government of Armenia extended the coronavirus quarantine until June 20, 2022.

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-