“At this moment, 10,529 patients are actually receiving treatment for the ‘Corona’ viral disease, about 8,000 of whom are at home, the rest are already in hospital. The day before we conducted around 2,000 tests, to be more precise, 1,956,” Health Ministry spokesperson Alina Nikoghosyan told Azatutyun.
Can the 425 confirmed cases be considered a trend toward a decrease in the number of infected? Last week, on some days, the daily confirmed cases were over 700. “In the case of 2,000, 425 is indeed a decrease, but it is still too early to give any assessment that it is already heading toward a decrease. We need to look at the statistics of the coming days, a week or 10 days, in order to be able to give such an assessment,” said Nikoghosyan.
At this time, the increase in the number of beds, especially in regional hospitals, where those infected with Covid can receive treatment, continues. Although there is an increase in available bed spaces, the situation nevertheless continues to remain tense, Health Minister Arsen Torosyan declared on the air of Azatutyun’s “Facebook press conference” on the evening of June 15. He said that the increase in hospital beds cannot replace anti-epidemic and containment operations, but can only supplement them.
