Armenia has confirmed 683 new cases of coronavirus in 24 hours, bringing the national tally to 239,739 as of 11 a.m. Thursday, August 26, the Ministry of Health reports.

315 more patients have recovered from the disease with the total number of recoveries now standing at 225,234. The Covid-19 death toll has increased by 10 to 4,785. The figure does not include the deaths of 1,1050 other people carrying the virus. According to the health authorities, they were caused by other diseases.

Armenia now has 8,570 active cases. As many as  1,511,103 tests have been performed in the country since the disease outbreak.