Armenia: COVID-19 tally nears 95 thousand

Armenia confirmed 1 328 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the nationwide case tally to 94 776, Report says, citing the National Center for Disease Control and Prevention of the Ministry of Health.

The death toll reached 1 413 as 22 others fell victims to the virus. So far, 57 599 people have recovered from the infection.

There are currently 35 764 active coronavirus patients in Armenia.

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.