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Decline in number of newly infected, but rise in number of hospitalized Covid patients

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There were 904 new coronavirus cases in Bulgaria in the past day. In comparison to Saturday, there were 710 fewer cases. Nearly 81% of the newly infected people are non-vaccinated. There were 3.4% positive samples out of 26,744 tests, according to the portal coronavirus.bg.

In the past day, 33 people with established Covid lost their lives. 31 of them were non-vaccinated.

The number of active cases reached 95,828. The number of newly-admitted patients to hospitals reached 170. 86% of them are not vaccinated. A total of 4,575 coronavirus patients are in hospital. The day before, they were 4,511. There are 532 people in intensive care. 250 recovered in the past day.

6,047 vaccines were administered on Saturday. 1,871,061 people in Bulgaria have completed the immunization cycle. There are now 216,305 people with a third booster dose.




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