Armenia's confirmed cases of Covid-19 reach 164,900
YEREVAN, January 19. /ARKA/. Armenian health officials have recorded 236 new cases of Covid-19 over the past 24 hours, saying the total number of confirmed cases rose to 164, 900 of Tuesday morning.
According to the National Center for Disease Control and Prevention, nine people have died from Covid-19 during the past 24 hours, taking the total tally of such deaths to 3,007.
Some 436 patients have recovered. Overall, 2,224 people have tested for the infection in the last 24 hours, it said. Five people with confirmed coronavirus have died during that time span from other causes. The total number of such cases is now 734.
In total, 626,377 coronavirus tests have been performed in the country of 3 million since March 1, 2020, when the first case was detected. Since then 153,500 patients have recovered, and 7,671 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-