Armenia confirms 29 new COVID-19 deaths

Armenia confirmed 1,077 new coronavirus cases, bringing the nationwide tally to 146 317, Report says, citing the National Center for Disease Control and Prevention of the Ministry of Health.

The death toll reached 2, 445 as 29 more fell victims to the virus. So far, 123, 474 people have recovered from the infection.

The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) emerged in late 2019 in China’s Hubei province, and the virus 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.