A total of 2802 tests have been performed in the past day, the National Center For Disease Control and Prevention said.

Arman Tatoyan said the distance from where the shots were fired to the village of Agarak is just one kilometer.

The medieval Armenian monastery came under Azerbaijan's control following the 44-day war in Karabakh in fall 2020.

Health officials have traced this latest outbreak to a funeral at the beginning of February for a nurse from a rural health facility.