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4.87% coronavirus positivity rate in Bulgaria in past day

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153 new cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in Bulgaria in the past 24 hours out of 3,140 tests performed, data of coronavirus.bg show. 58% of the new cases are among the unvaccinated. 4.87% of the tests have returned positive result.

The number of active cases of coronavirus infection increased with 69 to 110,157. 13 people have been admitted to hospital. 69% of the new hospitalizations are among the unvaccinated. 586 Covid-19 patients are being treated in hospital, as 54 of them are in intensive care units.

2 people with established coronavirus infection have died and 22 have been reported cured in the past day. 197 vaccine doses were administered on Saturday.




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