YEREVAN. – As of Saturday morning, 1,962 new cases of the coronavirus were confirmed in Armenia, and the total number of these cases has reached 293,014 in the country, Armenian News-NEWS.am has learned from the National Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

Also, 31 more deaths from COVID-19 were registered, making the respective total 5,975 cases.

Eight more cases of coronavirus patients dying from some other illnesses were recorded in Armenia in the past one day, and the corresponding overall death toll in the country is 1,256 now.

The number of people who have recovered over the past one day is 1,219, the total respective number so far is 259,705, and the number of people currently being treated is 26,078.

And 16,888 COVID-19 tests were conducted in Armenia over the past one day, while 1,975,680 such tests have been performed to date.