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Coronavirus positivity rate continues to increase in Bulgaria

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513 new cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in Bulgaria in the past 24 hours out of 4,603 tests performed, data of the website coronavirus.bg show.  11.14% of the tests returned positive result. The coronavirus positivity rate is higher as compared to the previous day when 10.7% of the tests returned positive result. 87.5% of the new cases of Covid-19 are among unvaccinated.

There are 45,899 active cases of Covid-19. 5,248 patients are being treated in hospital, 462 of them in intensive care units. 90.2% of the new Covid-19 hospitalizations are among unvaccinated. 43 people have died and 516 have been reported cured in the past day. 93% of the Covid-19 deaths are among unvaccinated.

A mere 1,284 vaccine doses were administered in Bulgaria on Saturday, bringing the total number of inoculations against Covid-19 to 2,550,279. There are 1,337,228 people have completed the immunization process.




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