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Bulgaria reports 13 Covid-related deaths in past day though coronavirus indicators go down on a weekly basis

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397 is the number of new Covid-19 cases out of 6,164 tests performed in the country over the past 24 hours, a positivity rate of 6.44%, the exact same percentage as on Monday - 6.44%, Single Coronavirus Information Portal data show. 61% of the new infections are among the unvaccinated.

The number of active cases is down by 373 до 7,241.

76 is the number of new hospital admissions over the past day, 47 of the patients or 61.8% are not vaccinated.

The number of patients being treated in hospital is down by 33 to 450, of them 46 in intensive care.

13 Covid-related deaths have been registered in the past day, bringing the number of deaths in the country since the start of the pandemic to over 38,000.

757 is the number of recoveries reported on Monday.

385 doses of vaccine have been administered in the past day.

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