233 new cases of Covid-19 have been reported in Bulgaria in the past 24 hours out of 5,393 PCR tests performed. The total number of Covid-19 cases since the beginning of the pandemic reached 7, 877. A total of 189,953 PCR tests were made. There are 3,747 active cases of Covid-19. Six people infected with Covid-19 died in the past 24 hours, data of the Single Coronavirus Information Portal show. Thus, the total Covid-19 death toll rose to 289 people, or 3,67% of all confirmed cases of coronavirus infection.
575 people are receiving hospital treatment, 28 of whom in intensive care units. 3,841 people have recovered from the virus. 178 Bulgarians were cured in the past 24 hours.
On a proposal by the Council of Ministers, the heads of the State Intelligence Agency and the State Agency Technical Operations will, from now on, be elected by the National Assembly, BNR’s Maria Fileva reports. This means the president’s powers..
Three new electric locomotives Siemens Smartron are entering service as of today, Transport Minister Grozdan Karadjov has announced. Two of them will be running along the Sofia-Burgas line, and one – along the Sofia-Russe line. The new..
Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov, Minister of Agriculture Georgi Tahov and Commissioner for Agriculture and Food Christophe Hansen inaugurated the reconstructed main irrigation canal Trakiets near Konush village. The reconstruction increases..
Matan Angrest, who holds Bulgarian and Israeli citizenship, was among the twenty hostages released by Hamas in the Gaza Strip , the Israeli Ministry of..
Education Minister Krasimir Valchev is set to propose a public debate on banning social media for children under 15, reports BNR correspondent Nezabravka..
An initiative committee led by the historian Georgi Markov, has proposed that a monument to Khan Asparuh, the founder of the Bulgarian state, be erected..
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