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Armenia saw its greatest single-day spike in coronavirus infections, with 134 new cases confirmed on Wednesday, Minister of Health Arsen Torosyan told a cabinet meeting on Thursday.

According to the minister, some of the new cases had close contact with each other. In one case, people were infected with COVID-19 during a funeral ceremony, he said, again urging people to hold small funeral ceremonies.

Presenting the fresh figures, Torosyan said a total of 2,066 cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Armenia so far, with 29 new recoveries and 2 more fatalities.

In total, the coronavirus death toll stands at 32 people, he said.

Six coronavirus patients are hooked up to ventilators, 59 are in grave condition, while 17 others are in critical condition, he told the cabinet members.

"Under such a scenario, we will probably shift to a strategy of not hospitalizing asymptomatic patients soon," Torosyan said, adding they will try to delay the launch of the new strategy for 5-6 days.

Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan said further decisions on easing coronavirus restrictions will be made based on the dynamics of the spread of infection.

“At this stage we are following the logic that a number of essential businesses will reopen from 4 May with strict observance of security rules,” he said.