A total of 9,926 individuals have been diagnosed with HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) in Azerbaijan since the first detection of the virus in the country in 1987 until the end of the second quarter of 2024, Gunash Jafarova, Deputy Director of the Republican AIDS Center under the Health Ministry of Azerbaijan, said at a local radio program, Report informs.

Jafarova highlighted that 69.5% of those infected were men, while 30.5% were women.