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

Bulgaria reports 6 Covid-related deaths in past day

Photo: EPA/BGNES

256 is the number of new Covid-19 cases registered in the country in the past 24 hours out of 1,369 tests performed. Two-thirds of the new infections are among the unvaccinated, the positivity rate is 18.7%, compared to 21.39% on the previous day, Single Coronavirus Information Portal data show. The number of active cases is up by 224 to 10,864.

27 is the number of new hospital admissions in the past day, 22 of them or 81.48% are among the unvaccinated. The number of patients being treated in hospital is now 451, of them 36 in intensive care.

Six patients with established Covid-19 infection died in the past day, 5 of them were not vaccinated. 26 are reported as recovered.

154 doses of vaccine were administered on Sunday.



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

Air control established on the Bulgarian-Romanian border along Danube River

The Bulgarian-Romanian border is now monitored from the air. The start was made on the Romanian side in Giurgiu in the presence of the Bulgarian partners from the Border Police in Ruse.  Chief Commissioner Viorel Kiran said that the area of the..

published on 8/9/24 1:32 PM

Goritsa Grancharova-Kozhareva is the new caretaker Premier of Bulgaria

President Rumen Radev appointed Bulgarian National Audit Office Vice-President Goritsa Grancharova-Kozhareva as the next caretaker Premier. The constitution does not specify a deadline for the caretaker Prime Minister to present the cabinet lineup,..

published on 8/9/24 11:14 AM
Caretaker Minister of Environment and Water Petar Dimitrov

Bulgaria has difficulties in providing additional water quantities to Turkiye and Greece due to the drought

At the end of July, Turkiye sent a diplomatic cable to Bulgaria requesting additional water quantities from the Maritsa River.  There is no regulated runoff on the river. The situation in Bulgaria is also extremely worrying due to climate changes and..

published on 8/9/24 9:32 AM