Armenia reports 23 new coronavirus deaths

Armenia confirmed 702 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the nationwide tally to 156,142, Report informs, citing the National Center for Disease Control and Prevention of the Ministry of Health.

The death toll has reached 2,714 as 23 more succumbed to the deadly pathogen. As many as 136,766 people have recovered from the infection so far.

There are currently 15,999 active coronavirus 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.