Armenia's COVID tally nears 217,000

Armenia confirmed 267 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the nationwide tally to 216,863, Report informs, citing the National Center for Disease Control and Prevention of the Ministry of Health.

The death toll has reached 4,139 as 11 more succumbed to the deadly pathogen. As many as 199,755 people have recovered from the disease. There are 11,945 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.