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Bulgaria reports drop in new Covid-19 cases in past day

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The new cases of Covid-19 registered in Bulgaria for the past day are 2,836, according to the data of the Unified Information Portal. With 32,588 tests were performed, about 8.7% returned positive results. Most new cases are reported in Sofia - 728, Varna - 328 Plovdiv - 281 and Burgas - 220.
There are 7,880 hospitalizations, of which 685 in intensive care units. There are 417 patients newly admitted to hospital, as 54 of them have been vaccinated (12.95%). 
46 people died in the last 24 hours, and 639 patients were reported cured.
The number of people immunized during the last 24 hours is 7,740, with their total number reaching 2,855,224. The people with a completed vaccination cycle in Bulgaria are already 1,508,365 people, and there are 17,977 persons with three doses.



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