Podcast in English
Text size
Bulgarian National Radio © 2024 All Rights Reserved

6.9% coronavirus positivity rate in Bulgaria in past day

Photo: BGNES-archive

1,610 new cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in Bulgaria in the past 24 hours out of 23,286 tests performed, data of the Single Coronavirus Information Portal show. 6.9% of the tests have returned positive result. 8,178 patients are being treated in hospital, as 745 of them are in intensive care units. 66 people have died and 897 have been reported cured in the past day.

The highest number of cases was reported in Sofia-428, followed by Varna-178, Burgas-135 and Plovdiv-124.

7,707 vaccines have been administered in Bulgaria in the past day, bringing the total number of inoculations against Covid-19 to 3,065,144. The number of people in the country who are now fully vaccinated is 1,620,045. 40,911 have had a vaccine booster dose.




Последвайте ни и в Google News Showcase, за да научите най-важното от деня!
Listen to the daily news from Bulgaria presented in "Bulgaria Today" podcast, available in Spotify.

More from category

Egyptian company to revamp Sofia's iconic building TSUM

The Egyptian company Antica World will today present an architectural project for the reconstruction of the  TSUM - Central Universal Department Store in the centre of Sofia.  The company will take over the transformation and management of one..

published on 9/19/24 7:45 AM

Cloudy with showers in the south-west and north-east

Most of the country will be cloudy on Thursday . Showers will occur in the afternoon in the south-west and in isolated places in the north-east. Minimum temperatures will range from 9°C in the west to 15°C in the east, 12°C in Sofia. Highs will be..

published on 9/18/24 7:05 PM

Bulgaria's government authorizes the delivery of goods and technologies from Russia for Kozloduy NPP

The Council of Ministers has granted the Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant a derogation from the European regulation on restrictive measures in light of Russia's actions in Ukraine. With this derogation, Bulgaria's only nuclear power plant and its largest..

published on 9/18/24 6:10 PM