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Registered Covid-19 cases in Bulgaria up by 6.5% over past 24 hours

General Ventsislav Mutafchiyski
Photo: Council of Ministers press service

66 new Covid-19 cases have been registered in Bulgaria over the past 24 hours. Of them, 29 are in hospital. Yesterday’s growth rate is 6.5%.

There are 22 newly registered cases in Sofia, 13 in Pleven, 5 in Sliven, 5 in Veliko Turnovo, 4 in Plovdiv, 4 in Pazardzhik and 4 in Kyustendil, and 3 in Lovech, announced General Ventsislav Mutafchiyski, head of the National Crisis Staff at Thursday morning’s regular briefing.

The total number of Covid-19 cases in Bulgaria is now 1081, 841 of them are active. A total of 262 patients have been hospitalized, of them 37 are in intensive care. Three more people have died bringing the death toll up to 50 or 4.3%. 190 have recovered, the new recoveries are 16. 



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