Country registers 1,277 new COVID-19 cases, 853 recoveries

12 October 2021 15:38 (UTC+04:00)

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By Ayya Lmahamad

Azerbaijan registered 1,277 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, Operational Headquarters under Cabinet of Ministers reported on October 12.

Some 853 patients have recovered and 15 patient has died in the reported period.

So far, 494,067 COVID-19 cases have been registered in the country. Some 474,514 patients have recovered, 6,692 people have died. Currently, 12,861 people are under treatment in special hospitals.

Over the past day, 11,569 tests were conducted in Azerbaijan to reveal coronavirus cases.

In general, 4,969,881 tests have been conducted in Azerbaijan so far.

So far, some 9,037,099 COVID-19 vaccines have been provided to Azerbaijani citizens. The first dose of the vaccine was given to 4,903,419 citizens, and the second one to 4,133,680 citizens. In addition, in the past 24 hours, some 39,810 citizens have been vaccinated against COVID-19.

Ayya Lmahamad is AzerNews’ staff journalist, follow her on Twitter: @AyyaLmahamad