Number of COVID-19 cases in Armenia exceeds 154,000

Coronavirus cases in Armenia grew by 240 in the past 24 hours to 154,065, the republic’s Health Ministry reported.

"In the past twenty-four hours, 240 new coronavirus cases were identified. In total, 133,176 patients recovered. There are currently 17,579 active coronavirus cases in Armenia," the ministry said in a statement.

Twenty-six more coronavirus patients died in hospitals in the past twenty-four hours, bringing the total number of fatalities in the republic to 2,656 over the entire pandemic period, the statement says.