Armenia confirms 15 new COVID-19 deaths

Armenia confirmed 715 new coronavirus cases, bringing the nationwide tally to 212,114, Report informs, citing the National Center for Disease Control and Prevention of the Ministry of Health.

The death toll has reached 3,984 as 15 more succumbed to the deadly pathogen. As many as 192,281 people have recovered from the disease. There are 14,854 active COVID-19 patients 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.