YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 1, ARMENPRESS. 97 new cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have been confirmed in Armenia in the past one day, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 43,878, the National Center for Disease Control and Prevention said today.

634 more patients have recovered in one day. The total number of recoveries has reached 38,356.

989 tests were conducted in the past one day.

2 more patients have died, raising the death toll to 881.

The number of people who had a coronavirus but died from other diseases stands at 268 (no new such case).

The number of active cases is 4973.

Reporting by Lilit Demuryan; Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan