site.btaCOVID-19 Update: 1,237 New Cases, Test Positivity Rate at 7.6%

April 30 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases
in Bulgaria reached 403,728, after 16,259 tests identified 1,237
 new infections on Thursday, according to data posted on
https://coronavirus.bg/. The test positivity rate now stands at
7.6 per cent.

Sofia City Region tops the list of new cases with 218 positive
tests, followed by Varna Region with 116 cases and Plovdiv
Region with 110.

The active cases are 49,048. Currently, the hospitalized
patients number 6,824, including 682 in intensive care.

The infected medical staff have reached 13,170.

Another 2,881 COVID-19 patients have recovered over the last 24
hours, bringing the total to 338,312.

Ninety fatalities were reported, and the death toll now adds up
to 16,368.

With 26,923 new inoculations over the last 24 hours, 803,176
persons in aggregate have been vaccinated against the
coronavirus, of whom 207,667 have received both doses. PP