site.btaCOVID-19 Update: 6,816 New Cases, Test Positivity Rate at 13.5%

October 27 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases
 in Bulgaria reached 582,122, after 50,356 tests identified
6,816 new infections on Tuesday, according to data posted on
https://coronavirus.bg/. The test positivity rate now stands at
13.5 per cent.

Sofia City Region tops the list of new cases with 1,918 positive
 tests, followed by Plovdiv Region with 630 cases and Varna
Region with 530.

The active cases are 87,279. Currently, the hospitalized
patients number 7,325, including 608 in intensive care.

The infected medical staff have reached 15,593.

Another 23,23 COVID-19 patients have recovered over the last 24
hours, bringing the total to 471,403.

A hundred and twenty-four fatalities were reported, and the
death toll now adds up to 23,440.

With 26,327 new inoculations over the last 24 hours, 2,775,555
vaccine doses have been administered so far and 1,466,012 people
 are fully vaccinated, and 14,254 have received a booster jab.
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