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The number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus has risen to 183 in Latin America, according to data from from U.S.-based Johns Hopkins University and media outlets.

In Argentina, where the first death from the virus occurred in the region, 19 people have been diagnosed. Chile has 23 confirmed cases, Ecuador has 17, Brazil 52, Mexico eight, Peru 13, Costa Rica 22, Colombia nine, Panama eight, Paraguay five, the Dominican Republic five and Honduras two.

Meanwhile, the number of cases in the Eastern European country of Armenia rose to four.

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said all cases there

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