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25 percent of people infected with Covid-19 in Bulgaria have already recovered

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For the last 24 hours, 31 new cases of coronavirus have been registered in the country. 20 of the patients were hospitalized. 1611 tests were carried out during the day. A total of 2,100 people have been infected so far in this country.

For the past 24 hours the rise is 1.5%. The number of active cases has reached 1481. Those recovered are 521 or 25% of the infected. 365 patients are in hospital. 51 are in intensive care units. 228 medics are among those infected. 4.7% of those infected have died or a total of 99 people. 3 new deaths of elderly people were reported. The head of the National Crisis Headquarters, Gen. Ventsislav Mutafchiiski said the spread of the disease in the country remains clustered, facilitating the fight against the epidemic.



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