site.btaCOVID-19 Update: 1,681 New Cases, Test Positivity Rate at 12.52%

Sofia, April 23 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases
in Bulgaria reached 394,594 after 13,423 tests identified 1,681
new infections on Thursday, according to data posted on
https://coronavirus.bg/. The test positivity rate now stands at
12.52 per cent.

Sofia tops the list of new cases with 386 positive tests,
followed by Plovdiv with 157 cases, Varna with 125 and Stara
Zagora with 96.

The active cases are 57,473. Currently, the hospitalized
patients number 8,309, including 781 in intensive care.

The infected medical staff have reached 13,008, with 29 new
cases detected over the past 24 hours.

Another 3,192 COVID-19 patients have recovered over the last 24
hours, bringing the total to 321,400.

A hundred and three fatalities were reported, and the death toll
 now adds up to 15,721.

With 22,016 new inoculations over the last 24 hours, 151,817
persons in aggregate have received both vaccine doses.

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