site.btaCOVID-19 Update: 406 New Cases, Test Positivity Rate at 2.93%

May 26 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 417,133, after 13,839 tests identified 406 new infections on Tuesday, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/. The test positivity rate now stands at 2.93 per cent.

Sofia tops the list of new cases with 89 positive tests, followed by Plovdiv with 43 cases and Varna with 27.

The active cases are 23,426. Currently, the hospitalized patients number 4,073, including 442 in intensive care.

The infected medical staff have reached 13,378.

Another 2,423 COVID-19 patients have recovered over the last 24 hours, bringing the total to 376,126.

Sixty-eight fatalities were reported, and the death toll now adds up to 17,581.

With 16,870 new inoculations over the last 24 hours, 1,282,717 vaccine doses in aggregate have been administered in Bulgaria, and 515,963 persons have completed their vaccination.

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