site.btaCOVID-19 Update: 623 New Cases, Test Positivity Rate at 4.5%

August 15 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases
in Bulgaria reached 432,962, after 13,761 tests identified 623
new infections on Saturday, according to data posted on
https://coronavirus.bg/. The test positivity rate now stands at
4.5 per cent.

Sofia City Region tops the list of new cases with 158 positive
tests, followed by Burgas Region with 84 cases and Plovdiv
Region with 63.

The active cases are 14,465. Currently, the hospitalized
patients number 1,490, including 131 in intensive care.

The infected medical staff have reached 13,552.

Another 59 COVID-19 patients have recovered over the last 24
hours, bringing the total to 399,978.

Seven fatalities were reported, and the death toll now adds up
to 18,339.

With 3,504 new inoculations over the last 24 hours, 2,152,638
persons in aggregate have received a coronavirus vaccination so
far, including 1,071,839 who are fully vaccinated. PP