Armenia coronavirus infections, death toll continue to riseJanuary 5, 2021 - 12:36 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The number of confirmed coronavirus infections in Armenia grew by 324 to reach 160,544 on Tuesday, January 5 morning, according to information provided by the Health Ministry. Fresh figures also revealed that 928 more people have recovered, 14 patients have died from Covid-19, while one person carrying the virus has died from other causes in the past 24 hours. A total of 1601 tests have been performed in the past day, the National Center For Disease Control and Prevention said. So far, 145,759 people have recovered, 2878 have died from the coronavirus in the country, while 692 others carrying the virus have died from other causes. 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. |