Podcast in English
Text size
Bulgarian National Radio © 2024 All Rights Reserved

Bulgaria reports 18% positive tests out of 12,167 tests in past day

Photo: BGNES

Bulgaria has registered a total of 2,198 new cases of Covid-19 in the past day. 18% of the 12,167 tests performed are positive, according to the Unified Information Portal. Most new cases are in Sofia  - 607, followed by Plovdiv with 183 and Varna with 142. The total number of infections since the beginning of the epidemic has reached 255,381.

The active cases are currently 34,237. The number of hospitalized patients is 5,307. The patients in the intensive care units are 440. 
1,638 patients are cured for the day. Since the beginning of the pandemic, 210,638 people have been cured. 
93 people have died in the past day, bringing the total death toll to 10,506 deaths.
In the last 24 hours, 20,376 people have been immunized. A total of 268,544 persons have already been vaccinated. There are 46,712 Bulgarians with a second dose.



Последвайте ни и в Google News Showcase, за да научите най-важното от деня!
Listen to the daily news from Bulgaria presented in "Bulgaria Today" podcast, available in Spotify.

More from category

Ylva Johansson and Kalin Stoyanov.

Commissioner Johansson inspects Schengen control measures at Sofia Airport

EU Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson visited the border crossing at Sofia Airport. Bulgaria's caretaker Interior Minister Kalin Stoyanov, showed Ms Johansson the new organisation of work after Bulgaria's accession to Schengen by air. The..

published on 4/19/24 2:01 PM
Daniel Mitov

Daniel Mitov withdraws candidacy for foreign minister in caretaker cabinet

Until the moment the president issues a decree, the old cabinet ministers shall perform their duties, commented caretaker Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev on his way out of the presidency. PM Glavchev offers replacement of the caretaker..

published on 4/19/24 12:02 PM
Council of Ministers building

Bulgaria is ready to react if the situation in the Middle East escalates, the caretaker government says

In connection with the situation in the Middle East, caretaker Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev and the government are in constant coordination with the institutions concerned and the security services, and are monitoring the situation. The country is..

published on 4/19/24 9:20 AM