site.btaCOVID-19 Update: 1047 New Cases, Test Positivity Rate at 4.6%

August 14 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases
in Bulgaria reached 432,339, after 22,979 tests identified 1,047
 new infections on Friday, according to data posted on
https://coronavirus.bg/. The test positivity rate now stands at
4.56 per cent.

Sofia City Region has the highest number of new cases, 211,
followed by Plovdiv Region with 151 cases and Burgas Region with
 101 cases.

The active cases are 14,088. Currently, the hospitalized
patients number 1,404, including 124 in intensive care.

The infected medical staff have reached 13,546, with 8 new cases
 reported Friday.

Another 164 COVID-19 patients recovered over the last 24 hours.
Eleven fatalities were reported, and the death toll now adds up
to 18,332.

With 10,481 new inoculations over the last 24 hours, 2,149,134
persons in aggregate have received a coronavirus jab so far. The
 fully vaccinated persons number 1,069,658.

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