Armenia confirms 26 new COVID-19 deaths

Armenia confirmed 438 new coronavirus cases, bringing the nationwide tally to 149,120, Report says, citing the National Center for Disease Control and Prevention of the Ministry of Health.

The death toll reached 2,529 as 26 more fell victims to the virus. So far, 127,452 people have recovered from the infection.

There are currently 18,513 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.