Podcast in English
Text size
Bulgarian National Radio © 2024 All Rights Reserved

Downward trend in pandemic Covid indicators holds

Photo: BGNES

242 is the number of new Covid-19 cases out of 4,093 tests performed in the country in the past 24 hours, which is 14 down on the previous day. More than two-thirds of the new infections are among the unvaccinated, the coronavirus positivity rate stands at 5,57%, Single Coronavirus Information Portal data show.  

The number of active Covid-19 cases in the country is down by 13 to 141,746. The number of new hospital admissions in the past day is 23, 20 of them among the unvaccinated. 849 patients are being treated in hospital, 77 of them in intensive care.

Two patients with established coronavirus have died on 2 May, both were not vaccinated. The number of recoveries is 239.

117 doses of vaccine were administered on Monday. 2,055,854 people in Bulgaria have now completed their vaccination cycle.



Последвайте ни и в Google News Showcase, за да научите най-важното от деня!
Listen to the daily news from Bulgaria presented in "Bulgaria Today" podcast, available in Spotify.

More from category

Shopping malls vow to step up security after series of aggressive acts

Shopping malls in Sofia and across the country will increase the number of security guards where needed. Additional panic buttons are also to be put in place if retailers wish, the Bulgarian Retail Association said. Groups of suspicious persons will be..

published on 11/27/24 4:44 PM

Bulgaria is 3% away from entering the US Visa Waiver Program

The U.S. Department of State today released the data for the refused type B visas for the financial year 2024. For Bulgaria, this percentage is 6.02%, which marks a significant decrease compared to last year, when it was 11.61%. This is the lowest..

published on 11/27/24 4:09 PM

Bulgarian MPs fail in their sixth attempt to elect Parliamentary Speaker

The Bulgarian MPs gathered in plenary today for a sixth attempt to elect a President, which again proved unsuccessful.  The chances of electing a Speaker of the 51st National Assembly are minimal The candidates Natalia Kiselova from..

published on 11/27/24 3:06 PM