According to the latest data, the number of confirmed cases of West Nile fever in Armenia is nine. This was reported to NEWS.am Medicine by the Armenian National Center for Infectious Diseases.

According to Lena Nazaryan, an epidemiologist at the aforesaid center, one person has died in Armenia from the West Nile fever, and this person was an elderly with accompanying chronic diseases.

One of the nine West Nile fever patients in Armenia is in critical condition. This person is at the intensive care unit and has an accompanying chronic disease. Three of the nine patients were discharged, while the others are in severe to moderate condition.

"At the moment, we also have a 22-year-old patient with confirmed meningitis. Of course, those people who do not have a chronic disease take it easier. But we also have a 44-year-old patient who does not have a chronic disease, but has suffered from a quite severe course of meningitis, and at the moment the condition [of this person] is assessed as moderate," said Lena Nazaryan.