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Bulgaria reports 255 new Covid-19 cases, active cases at 4,907

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5% of the 5,047 PCR tests performed in the last 24 hours have returned positive, data of the National Information Portal shows. A total of 255 newly infected persons have been registered. 
In the past 24 hours, there have been 4 new deaths. 119 persons were cured, and 782 remain in hospital - 36 of them in intensive care units. 
The active cases are currently 4,907. The number of infections in Bulgaria since the start of the pandemic has reached 19,828.
Prime Minister Boyko Borissov ordered the resumption of weekly briefings of the National Operational Headquarters on the epidemic situation in the country. At a meeting between the Prime Minister and the Headquarters, the Minister of Health Kostadin Angelov assured that the development of the epidemic was under control.



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