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Bulgaria reports 4 Covid-related deaths in past day, positivity rate at almost 14%

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883 is the number of new Covid-19 cases out of 6,444 tests performed in the country in the past day, a positivity rate of 13.7%, Single Coronavirus Information Portal data show.

535 patients are being treated in hospital, 39 of them in intensive care. 121 is the number of new hospital admissions.

Four patients have died in the past 24 hours, 1,238 is the number of recoveries reported.

1,719 doses of vaccine have been administered in the past day. 2,071,601 people in the country have completed their vaccination cycle, 885,106 have taken a booster shot, and 75,302 – a second booster shot. 



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