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Almost 25% of PCR tests in past 24 hours return positive

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Bulgaria has reported 395 new Covid-19 cases over the past 24 hours or 24.98% out of the 1,581 PCR tests performed.

1,500 patients with coronavirus are in hospital, 74 of them in intensive care. 31 people have recovered over the past 24 hours, 18 have died.

The highest number of newly registered coronavirus cases is again in Sofia - 145, followed by Sliven - 84, Turgovishte - 23, Gabrovo - 19, Blagoevgrad -17 and Shoumen - 14.



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