ArmInfo.As of 11:00 on August 21, 158 new cases of coronavirus infection were detected in Armenia. This was announced by the Joint Information Center. According to the source, another 253 patients have recovered.
In total, 42,477 cases of coronavirus were confirmed in the republic, 35,693 people recovered, 842 died. In the last 24 hours, the disease claimed the lives of 6 people aged 51 to 92 years; they all had accompanying chronic diseases.
Over the past day, 2 deaths were also recorded when coronavirus infection was confirmed in patients, but death occurred due to other diseases. Thus, the total number of such cases has reached 253. Currently, 5,689 patients are receiving actual treatment. In total, 192199 tests for coronavirus were carried out in the republic (of which 1639 in the last day).