By Trend

Azerbaijan has detected 359 new COVID-19 cases, 263 patients have recovered, and eight patients have died, Trend reports citing the Operational Headquarters under Azerbaijani Cabinet of Ministers.

Up until now, 629,085 people have been infected with coronavirus in the country, 608,777 of them have recovered, and 8,529 people have died. Currently, 8,779 people are under treatment in special hospitals.

To reveal the COVID-19 cases, 4,261 tests have been carried out in Azerbaijan over the past day, and a total of 6,010,761 tests have been conducted so far.

Some six people were vaccinated against COVID-19 in Azerbaijan on January 17.

The first dose of the vaccine was injected to two citizens, the second one - 0 and the booster dose – four citizens.

?n total, up until now, 11,672,089 citizens have been vaccinated, 5,200,330 of whom received the first dose of the vaccine, 4,714,478 people - the second dose and 1,757,281 people booster dose.