Armenpress: Armenian CDC reports 6 coronavirus fatalities in last 24 hour

Armenian CDC reports 6 coronavirus fatalities in last 24 hours

11:15, 17 August, 2020

YEREVAN, AUGUST 17, ARMENPRESS. 38 new COVID-19 cases were recorded in the last 24 hours, the Armenian Center for Disease Control and Prevention said. However, only 284 tests were carried out Sunday.

The cumulative total of confirmed cases stands at 41701, with 34655 recoveries. 71 people recovered over the last 24 hours.

6 people died from COVID-19 complications over the last day, raising the total death toll to 824. This number doesn’t include the deaths of 244 other people infected with the virus, who died from other pre-existing illnesses.

As of August 17, the number of active cases stands at 5978.

A total of 185594 tests were conducted in Armenia since the outbreak began in March.

Reporting by Lilit Demuryan; Editing and Translating by Stepan Kocharyan

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS