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300 new Covid-19 infections, 8 deaths in past day

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Eight people have died of coronavirus infection during the past 24 hours, official Covid-19 data show.

300 is the number of new Covid-19 cases out of 3,772 tests performed in the past day, a positivity rate of 7.9%. 66% of the new infections are among the unvaccinated. The highest number of new infections is in Sofia - 58, Plovdiv - 35, and in Kyustendil – 21. 

330 patients are being treated in hospital, 34 of them in intensive care. 317 is the number of recoveries reported in the past day. The number of active cases is 2,953.

88 doses of vaccine against Covid-19 have been administered in the past day. 2,077,458 is the number of people with a completed vaccination cycle. 



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