site.btaCOVID-19 Update: 424 New Cases, Test Positivity Rate at 10.6%

The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 1,281,008 after 3,987 tests identified 424 new infections on Friday, of which 55.66% were of unvaccinated persons, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/. The test positivity rate now stands at 10.6%.

Sofia City Region tops the list of new cases with 105 positive tests, followed by Plovdiv Region with 40 cases and Sofia Region with 24.

The active cases are 9,393. Currently, the hospitalized patients number 638, including 59 in intensive care. Of the 86 new hospital admissions, 67.44% were not vaccinated.

The infected medical staff have reached 26,152.

Another 258 COVID-19 patients have recovered over the last 24 hours, bringing the total to 1,233,701.

Eleven fatalities was reported (90.91% unvaccinated), and the death toll now adds up to 37,914.

With 1,006 new inoculations over the last 24 hours, 4,583,065 vaccine doses have been administered so far, 2,073,479 people are fully vaccinated, and 921,017have received a booster jab (including 48,448 reboostered).