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Number of Covid cases has been rising in recent days

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For a third day in a row, newly registered cases of Covid-19 in Bulgaria exceed 200, the national coronavirus information system shows. In the past day, the newly infected are 213 compared to 263 on the previous day. The number of coronavirus cases has been on the rise since the end of March, as spikes are recorded after consecutive non-working days.

A total of 369 coronavirus patients are in hospital. 39 of them are in intensive care. The newly-hospitalized are 56, compared to 66 a day earlier. 58% of those admitted to hospitals are non-vaccinated citizens. There have been 15 coronavirus-related deaths since the beginning of the week. Since the beginning of the pandemic 38,303 people have lost their lives.

Translation: Al. Markov
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