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Bulgaria reports 2,517 new cases of Covid-19 out of 15,297 tests performed

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2,517 new cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in Bulgaria in the past 24 hours out of 15,297 tests performed, indicate data of the Single Coronavirus Information Portal. 16.5% of the tests have returned positive results.

The highest number of new infections were reported in Sofia-599, followed by Plovdiv-228, Varna-177 and Burgas-166.

There are 68,707 active cases of Covid-19 at present. 9,685 people are being treated in hospital, of them 807 in intensive care units.

125 people have died and 3,647 have recovered in the past 24 hours.

14,882 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine have been administered in Bulgaria in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of inoculations against the novel coronavirus to 605,377. 119,879 people have received their second vaccine dose.




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