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Bulgaria reports coronavirus positivity rate of almost 24%

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355 is the number of new Covid-19 cases out of 1,496 tests performed in the country in the past day, a positivity rate of 23.72%, Single Coronavirus Information Portal data show. 1,036 patients are being treated in hospital, 55 of them in intensive care. 14 is the number of new hospital admissions.

Two patients with established Covid-19 have died in the past 24 hours, 215 are reported as recovered.

45 doses of vaccine have been administered in the past day. 2,066,828 is the number of people in the country with a completed vaccination cycle, 848,561 have taken a booster shot and 53,383 – a second booster shot.



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