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Bulgaria reports 851 new daily infections with Covid-19, 6 deaths

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Over the past 24 hours, 851 cases of coronavirus have been identified in Bulgaria out of 4,931 tests, according to the data of the Unified Information Portal. 17% of the samples tested positive.67% of the newly infected have not been vaccinated. 

The highest number of new cases is in Sofia – 150, in Plovdiv – 73, and in Stara Zagora – 72. 
There are 900 patients in hospital, of which 55 are in intensive care units. 76% of the newly admitted 114 patients are not vaccinated. 
Six people died - 83% of them were not immunized, while those who recovered were 841. 

Active cases number 12,677. 

Yesterday, 1,391 doses of vaccines against coronavirus were administered. 

There are 2,068,760 people with completed immunization. 62,234 also have received a second booster dose.



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