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Bulgaria reports 1,792 cases of Covid-19 out of 4,928 PCR tests

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1,792 cases of Covid-19 have been registered in Bulgaria in the past 24 hours out of 4,928 PCR tests performed, data of the Single Information Portal show. 36.3% of the PCR tests have returned positive. 105 medics have tested positive for Covid-19 in the past 24 hours. The number of active cases reached 90,219. The total number of coronavirus cases since the beginning of the pandemic rose to 141,747. A total of 6,830 patients are receiving treatment in hospitals, 431 of whom in intensive care units.

1,039 people have recovered from Covid-19 in the past 24 hours. The total number of Covid-19 recoveries reached 47,779.

69 patients have died with Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, thus bringing the total death toll to 3,749.

A total of 964,461 PCR tests have been performed in Bulgaria since the beginning of the pandemic.




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