Armenia reports sixth coronavirus deathApril 2, 2020 - 21:48 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia reported its sixth death from the novel coronavirus on Thursday, April 2 evening as the number of new infections continues to grow in the country. Health Ministry spokeswoman Alina Nikoghosyan said the 78-year-old patient had also been diagnosed with double pneumonia and developed blood coagulation disorder, which further complicated her treatment. Besides, the person had preexisting health conditions such as diabetes and arterial hypertension, Nikoghosyan said on Facebook. The patient was not a citizen of Armenia. The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the country reached 663 on Wednesday morning. A total of 33 patients have recovered from the disease so far, while six have died. Top stories The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Defense Minister Suren Papikyan has visited the southern Armenian province of Syunik, the Defense Ministry reported on March 18. Partner news | Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. |