Armenia’s death toll from Covid-19 reaches 7,997
YEREVAN, January 7 /ARKA/. Armenian health officials have recorded 129 new cases of Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, saying the total number of confirmed cases rose to 345,518 as of Friday morning.
According to the National Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 4 people have died from Covid-19 during the past 24 hours. The total tally of such deaths is now 7,997.
Some 130 patients have recovered. Overall, 3,889 people have tested for the infection in the last 24 hours, it said
In total, 2,594,856 coronavirus tests have been administered in the country of 3 million since March 1, 2020, when the first case was detected. Since then 332,588 patients have recovered, and 3,422 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-
