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Sofia reports record-high number of new Covid infections

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5,525 new cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in Bulgaria in the past 24 hours, out of 38,427 tests performed, Single Coronavirus Information Portal data show. 14.4% of the tests have returned positive result. 71.4% of the new cases are among the unvaccinated. A record- high number of new infections were reported in Sofia- 1,906.

The number of active cases has increased from 117,409 to 121, 178. 4,790 patients are being treated in hospital, including 509 in intensive care units. 603 patients have been admitted to hospital in the past day. 83% of the new hospitalizations are among the unvaccinated.

72 people with established coronavirus infection have died in the past 24 hours, as 70 of them were not immunized. 1,684 people have been reported cured.

35,177 vaccines were administered on Thursday. 1,933,230 are now fully vaccinated.




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