Podcast in English
Text size
Bulgarian National Radio © 2025 All Rights Reserved

Nearly 1 million Bulgarians receive first dose of Covid-19 vaccine

Photo: EPA/BGNES

877 new cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in Bulgaria in the past 24 hours out of 13,190 tests performed, indicate data of the Single Coronavirus Information Portal. 6.6% of the tests have returned positive result. The highest number of new infections was reported in Sofia-182, followed by Varna-77, Plovdiv-72 and Burgas-66.

There are 41,434 active cases of Covid-19 at present. 5,410 patients are being treated in hospital, 535 of them in intensive care units.

59 people have died and 2,222 have recovered in the past 24 hours.

35,748 vaccines have been administered in Bulgaria in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of inoculations against Covid-19 to 999,287. 338,028 people have already received their second vaccine 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

Cold weather on Monday with fog in the valleys, sunshine in the mountains

It will be clear during the night in most of the country. In places in the valleys and plains - it will be foggy, in separate areas snowflakes will be deposited from the fog.  Minimum temperatures will be between minus 6°C and minus 1°C, in..

published on 1/19/25 7:20 PM
Daisy Lang (right)

The first Bulgarian woman in world boxing Daisy Lang helps victims of the fires in Los Angeles

The first Bulgarian woman in world boxing and three-time world champion Desi Kirova, known as Daisy Lang , refused to be evacuated from the fire that has been raging for days in Los Angeles , and with her husband by her side - Taylor, joined the battle..

published on 1/19/25 6:45 PM
President Rumen Radev at the Snowboarding World Cup in Bansko

The President expects the new government should uphold the national interest

"My relations with the new government depend on how it will uphold the national interest and how it will work so that Bulgarians have much better living conditions, and our country - conditions for development". This was stated to journalists in Bansko,..

published on 1/19/25 6:05 PM