Armenia confirms 1,027 new COVID-19 cases, 19 died

Armenia confirmed 1,027 new coronavirus cases, bringing the nationwide tally to 181,168, Report informs, citing the National Center for Disease Control and Prevention of the Ministry of Health.

The death toll has reached 3,301 as 19 more succumbed to the deadly pathogen. As many as 167,186 people have recovered from the disease.

There are currently 9,830 active COVID-19 cases in the country.

The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) emerged in late 2019 in China’s Hubei province and has spread to more than 200 countries and territories since then.

On February 11, the WHO officially named the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) as COVID-19, and on March 11, declared it a pandemic.