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Bulgaria reports 4 Covid-related deaths in past day

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277 new cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in Bulgaria in the past 24 hours out of 3,806 tests performed. Cases are down by 167 from a day earlier. 9.9% of the tests came back positive, Single Coronavirus Information Portal data show. 63.5% of the new Covid-19 cases are among the unvaccinated.

The number of active cases of coronavirus infection decreased with 175 to 9,713. 58 patients have been admitted to hospitals in the past day, as 39 of them were not immunized. The number of hospitalized patients has decreased by 21 to 508, with 31 patients in intensive care units.

4 Covid-related deaths have been reported in the past day. 548 people have been reported cured.

1,244 vaccine doses were administered on Thursday.  




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