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Slight rise in number of new Covid-19 cases, positivity rate in past day

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752 is the number of new Covid-19 cases out of 4,856 tests performed in the country in the past day, a positivity rate of 15.5%, Single Coronavirus Information Portal data show.

569 patients are being treated in hospital, 43 of them in intensive care. 99 is the number of new hospital admissions in the past 24 hours.

3 patients have died in the past day, the number of recoveries reported is 548.

2,046 doses of vaccine have been administered over the past 24 hours. 2,071,809 is the number of people in Bulgaria with a completed vaccination cycle, 888,606 have taken a booster shot and 77,909 – a second booster shot.

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