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Bulgaria reports 1,371 new cases of Covid-19 out of 20,952 tests performed

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1,371 new cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in Bulgaria in the past 24 hours out of 20,952 tests performed, indicate data of the Single Coronavirus Information Portal. 6.5% of the tests have returned positive results. The highest number of new coronavirus infections was reported in Sofia-273, followed by Plovdiv-161 and Burgas-122.

 2,161 patients are being treated in hospital, 194 of them in intensive care units. 27 people have died and 249 have recovered in the past 24 hours. There are 19,214 active cases of Covid-19 at present. 12,132 Covid-19 vaccines have been administered in Bulgaria in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of inoculations against Covid-19 to more than 2.2 million. 1,102,320 people have been fully vaccinated.




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