site.bta1,803 New Cases of COVID-19 Confirmed in Bulgaria

November 1 (BTA) - Bulgaria's public health system
confirmed 1,803 new cases of COVID-19 in the country over the 24
 hours until Saturday midnight after conducting 7,259 PCR tests,
 according to data published on https://coronavirus.bg.

The positivity rate for the day was 24.84 per cent. Since the
beginning of the pandemic, Bulgaria has conducted 721,959 PCR
tests.

The infection claimed 25 lives on Saturday, bringing the
country's death toll to 1,279.

A total of 2,612 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized at present,
including 166 people in intensive care units.

The number of people who recovered from the disease on Saturday
was 168. The total number of recoveries is 20,045.

The total number of COVID-19 cases confirmed in Bulgaria since
the first infections were registered in March is 52,844. /RY/VE

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