ArmInfo. Over the past day, 2,922 coronavirus tests were carried out in Armenia, of which the disease was confirmed in 491 cases (16.8%). According to the press service of the Ministry of Health, 179 people recovered, died - 6.
The number of patients receiving actual treatment has now exceeded 5 thousand.In total, since the outbreak of the pandemic, 742,038 coronavirus tests have been carried out in Armenia, of which 173,307 citizens (23.4%) have recovered, 164,085 have recovered ( 94.7%), the number of deaths reached 3,208 (1.8%). In this regard, the Minister of Health of Armenia, Anahit Avanesyan, at a government meeting on March 4, said that the country is again witnessing an increase in the number of diseases. In particular, according to her, if in January-February of this year, out of the total number of citizens who passed the coronavirus test, the disease was confirmed in 5-6%, but now this figure has exceeded the 16% mark.
"According to our forecasts, the number of cases in Armenia will increase," Avanesyan said. In this context, the Minister of Health called on citizens to continue wearing masks, and to tighten control measures by the authorized bodies over the observance of sanitary and epidemiological rules. "This is not our decision, this is a common approach that we must apply," the minister emphasized. She also said that now Armenia is at the stage of signing an agreement on the purchase of a vaccine with the Russian side. "We are expecting the delivery of the first batch of vaccine already this month," the minister said.