ArmInfo.Everything needed to be done to maintain the high volume of COVID-19 testing. RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated this at a government meeting on August 27.
According to him, the last six days in the country there has been a steady downward trend (on average, 200 cases) in the number of cases of a new type of coronavirus. Some exception was yesterday, when 203 cases were recorded, but at the same time, as the Prime Minister noted, more tests were carried out - 1938, and every effort must be made to maintain this figure. "Once again, I would like to draw your attention to the need to maintain sanitary and epidemiological standards. In fact, we can state that, according to last week's data, the trend towards a decrease in the number of sick citizens continues," the head of government noted, adding that the trend is related to the quality of these norms. "Once again I want to appeal to citizens with an appeal to be as attentive as possible to the problem, since overcoming the consequences of the epidemic is directly related to the individual responsibility of each of us. Moreover, there has been some relaxation in maintaining the rules," the Prime Minister said, recalling that the to date, the country has recorded 864 deaths from coronavirus, and 265 deaths from coronavirus patients who died for other reasons. "We express our condolences to the families and friends of the deceased," Nikol Pashinyan said.
Note that the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus infection in Armenia has increased to 43,270, the National Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported. The increase per day was 203 people. In total, 864 people have died from the coronavirus in Armenia (plus 3 over the past day). The number of patients with coronavirus who died for other reasons is 265 (plus 1 over the past day). The number of people recovered from the infection is 36 988. 5 153 people are undergoing treatment. The total number of tests carried out - 200 507.