Forty-two people die from Covid-19 in Armenia over past 24 hours
Armenian health officials have recorded 2,146 new cases of Covid-19 over the past 24 hours, saying the total number of confirmed cases rose to 291,052 as of Friday morning.
YEREVAN, October 22, /ARKA/. Armenian health officials have recorded 2,146 new cases of Covid-19 over the past 24 hours, saying the total number of confirmed cases rose to 291,052 as of Friday morning.
According to the National Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 42 people have died from Covid-19 during the past 24 hours. The total tally of such deaths is now 5,944.
Some 1,134 patients have recovered. Overall, 18,598 people have tested for the infection in the last 24 hours, it said. Five person with confirmed coronavirus have died during that time span from other diseases. The number of such deaths is now 1,248.
In total, 1,958,792 coronavirus tests have been performed in the country of 3 million since March 1, 2020, when the first case was detected. Since then 258,486 patients have recovered, and 25,374 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-