Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Day 404

published on 4/15/21 8:16 PM

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

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.

Bulgaria's outgoing cabinet disbands National Covid-19 response Headquarters

The National Operational Headquarters for Combating Covid-19 has been disbanded as of today. This was announced by the government press service.

The health body was established by order of Prime Minister Boyko Borissov at the beginning of the pandemic in Bulgaria in February 2020. Its purpose was to organize and coordinate the actions of state authorities in the fight against Covid-19.

Bulgarian resorts to provide free beach umbrellas and sunbeds continues this summer season

The practice of providing free beach umbrellas and sunbeds established last year is good and working and will continue this year, as well. This was what outgoing Deputy Prime Minister Mariana Nikolova has told bTV.

Tourism business on the Black Sea coast has already started preparing for launching the season on May 1, observing the safety rules issued by the Ministry of Tourism.

The European Commission is expected to adopt a unified decision on the digital green certificate, which would regulate the rules for entry of foreigners, according to the minister.

Then the health authorities should define the rules according to which foreigners will be able to enter Bulgaria during the summer tourist season, Nikolova added. She pointed out that this year the industry would rely mainly on Bulgarian tourists once again.

Compiled by Diana Tsankova and Radio Bulgaria's News Team

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