site.btaCOVID-19 Update: 1,107 New Cases Confirmed, Test Positivity Rate at 20.6%

The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 1,182,764 after 5,374 tests identified 1,107 new infections on Thursday, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/ on Friday. The test positivity rate for the day was 20.6%.

The active cases number 10,929. There are 533 hospitalized patients with COVID-19 in the country. This includes 96 persons admitted to hospital on Thursday, 72.9% of them unvaccinated, and 38 persons in intensive care.

Another 633 people recovered from the disease in the last 24 hours, putting the total number of recoveries to 1,134,552.

Two patients died on Thursday, both unvaccinated, and the death toll now stands at 37,283.

A total of 3,930 vaccine doses were administered on Thursday, bringing the total of shots against COVID-19 administered in Bulgaria to 4,436,014. A total of 16,360 people have received a second booster.