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

No Covid-related deaths; share of positive tests rises to 12.2%

Photo: EPA/BGNES

There were 240 new Covid cases registered in Bulgaria on Saturday or 14 less in comparison to the previous day. Over 58.7% of the newly infected were non-vaccinated citizens. 12.2% of 1,974 tests returned positive result, compared to 10% on Saturday, according to the portal coronavirus.bg.

The number of registered patients rose by 118 to 61,301. There were 16 hospital admissions as 13 or 81.25% of the patients were non-vaccinated. The total number of coronavirus patients in hospital rose to 318 as 26 people are in intensive care.

No Covid-related deaths were registered during the past day. 122 people recovered and 37 vaccines were administered on Saturday.




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

Kulata border checkpoint

Bulgaria introduces mandatory disinfection of vehicles at all border checkpoints

Bulgaria introduces mandatory disinfection of vehicles at all border crossings because of outbreaks of small ruminant plague in Northern Greece. The Bulgarian authorities have sent notification letters to all neighbouring countries..

published on 8/5/24 10:11 AM

Spanish aircraft are helping Bulgaria in extinguishing the fire along the border with Greece

The fires in the south-western regions of Bulgaria continue , as more than 15,000 decares of forests have already burned. The battle with the fire has been going on for two weeks and at the moment it is active only on the territory..

published on 8/5/24 9:19 AM

The Bulgarian Navy celebrates its 145th anniversary

The 145 th anniversary of the establishment of the Bulgarian Navy will be celebrated tonight in the city of Ruse. At 8:00 p.m. in front of the Dohodno Zdanie (Revenue Building), a festive concert of the Representative..

published on 8/5/24 8:05 AM