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Bulgaria reports 9% positive cases for coronavirus in past day

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Bulgaria has recorded a total of 631 new cases of coronavirus. 9.38% of the 6,724 samples taken are positive, according to the data in the Unified Information Portal at midnight.
Most new cases are registered in Sofia - 206, Burgas - 43, Plovdiv - 38, Varna - 33.
The number of patients who have died in the past day is 56 persons. 726 patients were reported to have recovered.
There are currently 6,706 patients with coronavirus infection in hospital, 649 of them - in intensive care units.
A total of 8,887 vaccines have been administered in the last 24 hours. The number of vaccinated persons with the second dose has reached 219.833.
The so-called "green corridors" for vaccination against Covid-19 will continue to work until May 9.
Today, nearly 274,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine arrive in the country.


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