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Bulgaria reports 5.9% new cases in past day

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Bulgaria has registered 451 new cases of Covid-19 for the past 24 hours, according to the National Coronavirus Information Portal. With 7,695 tests were performed, 5.9% returned positive. Most new cases are in Sofia - 66, Varna - 64 and Burgas - 36.

There are currently 3,451 patients in hospitals, as 82 people were admitted for the last 24 hours. There are 298 patients in intensive care units. 
26 people died in the last 24 hours, and 158 patients were reported cured.
The number of people immunized during the last 24 hours is 2,540, with them the total number has reached 2,288,715. The people with a completed vaccination cycle in Bulgaria are already 1,156,729 people.



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