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39 newly infected with coronavirus, one person has died 

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In the last 24 hours, 39 cases of coronavirus have been detected out of 2,331 tests carried out, according to coronavirus.bg. 67% of the newly infected have not been vaccinated. 
The highest number of new cases was in Sofia - 12, and in Plovdiv and Burgas - 3 each. There are 231 patients in hospital - 34 of them in intensive care. One person died - he was not immunized, while the recovered are 51. Active cases numbered 2,689. 
111 doses of coronavirus vaccine were administered yesterday. There are 2,075,573 people with completed immunisation cycle, or nearly 31% of the population. 

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