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6 people have died of coronavirus infection in past day

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Over the past 24 hours, 1,113 cases of coronavirus have been identified out of 5,516 tests, according to the data of the Unified Information Portal. 

20% of the samples tested positive. 65% of the newly infected are not vaccinated. 
The highest number of new cases is registered in Sofia – 348, in Plovdiv – 99, and in Varna – 98
There are 553 patients in hospital, of which 32 are in intensive care units. 75% of the newly admitted 102 were not vaccinated. 

Six people died and 83% of them were not immunized, while 743 recovered. 

Active cases number 11,293. 

Yesterday, 3,364 doses of vaccines against coronavirus were administered. There are 2,063,078 people with completed immunization in Bulgaria. 18,325 of them have received a second booster dose.



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