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Number of confirmed COVID cases in Azerbaijan up to over 37,500

The first coronavirus case was confirmed in Azerbaijan on February 28

BAKU, September 8. /TASS/. As many as 139 novel coronavirus cases were confirmed in Azerbaijan over the past day, or by 50 more than on the previous day, the coronavirus response headquarters under the Azerbaijani government said on Tuesday.

The overall number of coronavirus cases in Azerbaijan has reached 37,557, or 0.4% of the country’s entire population of some ten million. The basic reproduction number (R0), or a rate at which a disease is capable of spreading in a population, for the past eight days is 0.9.

"One coronavirus-related death was reported during the day," it said, adding that the overall number of coronavirus-related fatalities stands at 552.

A total of 34,965 coronavirus patients have recovered, or 93.1% of all coronavirus cases, with 128 recoveries reported in the past day. As many as 2,040 coronavirus-positive patients are undergoing treatment at hospitals. A total of 973,838 people, or 9.7% of the entire population) have been tested for the coronavirus infection, including 6,798 in the past day.

The first coronavirus case was confirmed in Azerbaijan on February 28. The epidemic reached its peak at the beginning of the summer, with the biggest number of newly confirmed cases - 590 - being reported on June 24. The morbidity rate began to go down from mid-July, dropping to less than 100 cases a day on August 9. However it began to go up again in mid-August. Capital city Baku and its environs account for more than half of the cases.

The nationwide quarantine that was to expire on August 31 has been extended until September 30. Stricter lockdowns are in force in the capital city Baku and its environs and in the city of Sumgait, which report the biggest number of coronavirus cases.