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81 new Covid-19 cases out of 2,371 tests confirmed over past 24 hours

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81 of the 2,371 tests for coronavirus performed over the past 24 hours have come back positive.

The biggest number of cases, 28, has been registered in Sofia, indicate data of the National Information System. The total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the country to date is 3,755, of them 1,554 are active. 314 patients with confirmed coronavirus have been hospitalized, 17 are in intensive care units. A total of 314 cases have been registered among medical staff, 8 over the past 24 hours. The total number of deaths is 193, of them 3 over the past 24 hours. The number of recoveries to date is 2,008, of them 67 over the past 24 hours. 



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