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Bulgaria reports declining numbers of Covid-19 infections

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860 is the number of new Covid-19 cases out of 5,878 tests performed in the country in the past 24 hours, a positivity rate of 14.6 %. 835 patients are being treated in hospital, 50 of them in intensive care. 150 is the number of new hospital admissions in the past day.

One Covid-related death has been reported in the past day, the number of recoveries reported in the past 24 hours is 1,457.

1,531 doses of vaccine have been administered in the past day. 2,069,114 is the number of people in the country with a completed vaccination cycle, 866,486 have taken a booster shot and 63,473 – a second booster shot. 



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