Armenian News - NEWS.am presents a daily digest of Armenia-related top news as of 10.06.2020:
· 428 COVID-19 new cases were confirmed in Armenia on Wednesday, bringing the total number to 14,103, the health ministry reported.
The death toll in Armenia has reached 227.
The total number of tests conducted so far is 73,156, while 8,573 people are currently being treated.
According to the latest data, 5,226 people have recovered thus far.
· In the meantime, Armenia now ranks 19th in the world in the number of COVID-19 cases per one million inhabitants, while on June 8, the country was in the 20th place.
According to worldometers.info/coronavirus/, Armenia has 4,760 cases per one million residents.
Qatar, San Marino, and the Vatican are the top 3 countries in the world in this regard.
· Three men have been found dead in a non-operating gold mine in Armenia’s Kotayk province.
According to reports, they had died from carbon monoxide poisoning.
Rescuers, police, and several citizens carried the dead to a waiting ambulance, on foot, on stretchers, and for about 2 km.
Police have later received a call from the Hrazdan town hospital that they had admitted several persons with a diagnosis of "exogenous poisoning from mine gas." And it turned out that these persons had suffered gas poisoning when they had tried to retrieve the dead bodies of their fellow villagers.
· Azerbaijani armed forces on Tuesday opened fire on the defensive positions of the Noyemberyan region of Armenia.
According to the head of Voskepar village, Serob Makhsudyan, several bullets fell in the village. However, no damages have been reported.
· Lithuania will send a team of doctors and specialists to Armenia to help combat the COVID-19 pandemic, Lithuanian FM Linas Linkevicius tweeted.
The minister also wrote in Armenian: “Together we will overcome all challenges.”
· Armenia has improved its position by 15 spots in the Global Peace Index 2020, taking 99th place out of 163.
According to the report, Armenia "rose 15 places in the rankings and is now ranked among the 100 most peaceful countries, owing to a large improvement in relations with neighbouring countries, as well as a substantial fall in its incarceration rate."
· Filmmaker Jivan Avetisyan's 'Gate to Heaven' will take part in the Marché du Film.
The film premiered in Armenia in October 2019. It tells the story of a German journalist who returns to Artsakh in 2016 to cover the war which has been reignited after a 22-year ceasefire.
