COVID-19 pandemic in the Republic of Artsakh

COVID-19 pandemic in the Republic of Artsakh
DiseaseCOVID-19
Virus strainSARS-CoV-2
LocationArtsakh
First outbreakArtashat, Armenia
Index caseMirik, Kashatagh Province
Arrival date7 April 2020
(4 years, 7 months and 4 days)
Confirmed cases2,749[1]
Recovered337
Deaths
30
Government website
moh.nkr.am

The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have spread in April 2020 to the Republic of Artsakh (a de facto independent republic which existed on territory de jure part of Azerbaijan between 1991 and 2023). The first infected person was from the village of Mirik in the province of Kashatagh who contracted the virus from Armenia.[2]

Through May 2021, Artsakh is reported to have performed 25,040 tests, of which 2,749 were positive.[3]

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  2. ^ LLC, Helix Consulting. "First coronavirus case recorded in Artsakh - aysor.am - Hot news from Armenia". www.aysor.am. Archived from the original on 2020-04-10. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  3. ^ "В Арцахе выявлено три новых случая заражения коронавирусом". Archived from the original on 2021-05-25. Retrieved 2021-05-25.