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Bulgaria reports 169 new Covid-19 cases, 6.2% of the tests performed

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169 is the number of new Covid-19 cases registered in 24 hours, or 6.2% of the 2,710 PCR tests performed, indicate data of the Single Information Portal.

No fatalities have been reported, 28 people have recovered, 791 remain in hospital, of them 36 are in intensive care. The number of newly registered infections is highest in Sofia - 34, in Blagoevgrad – 27 and in Pazardzhik – 22.

A total of 19,997 people in the country have been infected with coronavirus since the start of the pandemic, the number of active cases is 5,048. The death toll is 789.



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