YEREVAN. - Two more people died of H1N1 in Yerevan today. With this respect, spokeswoman of the Armenian Health Ministry, Anahit Haytayan, wrote the following on her Facebook page:

"According to the information as of January 15, 992 cases of contacting with hospitals by people suffering from acute respiratory infections (ARI) were recorded. 873 out of them are below 18. 502 people have pneumonia. 121 pregnant women are treated in hospitals. 98 people suffering from ARI are treated at the intensive care units; 9 of them are connected to artificial respirator.

We are sorry to inform that despite all the efforts of the specialists, 2 deaths from H1N1 were recorded today. These people were brought to the medical centers on January 13 in already critical condition. Both of them had chronic diseases – diabetes and cardiopulmonary failure. They were connected to the artificial respirator."

The women were 65 and 58 years old.

Prior to these two cases, 11 people had already died of swine flu in Armenia.