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330 newly registered Covid-19 cases in Bulgaria, or 5.34% out of 6,183 PCR tests performed

330 new cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in Bulgaria in the past 24 hours out of 6,183 PCR tests performed. 5.34% of all PCR tests performed in the past 24 hours are positive for the novel coronavirus, data of the Single Coronavirus Information Portal show. 

The total number of Covid-19 cases rose to 9,584. There are 4,620 active cases of coronavirus infection. 505 medics tested positive for Covid-19 until now. The biggest number of newly confirmed cases is in Sofia-75, in Varna- 59, in Blagoevgrad- 35 and in Plovdiv- 30. 122 patients have recovered from the virus and 8 people died of Covid-19 in the past 24 hours. 24 patients are in intensive care units.




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