site.bta83 New Coronavirus Cases in Bulgaria on Monday out of 1,191 PCR Tests

Sofia, October 12 (BTA) - There are 83 new coronavirus cases in
Bulgaria out of 1,191 PCR tests in the 24 hours until Sunday
midnight, according to the national coronavirus platform. The
positivity rate is down to 6.97 per cent from 11.81 per cent the
 day before.

The new cases add up to a total of 24,402 since the start of the
 pandemic in March. A total of 573 004 PCR tests have been
performed.
   
One patient died bringing the total number of fatalities to 892.

There are 7,663 active coronavirus cases, including 1,205
hospitalized patients of whim 62 are in intensive care.

The recoveries total 15,847, including 29 in the 24 hours until
midnight on Sunday.
  
Another 1eight medical personnel tested positive for the
coronavirus, brining the total to 1,365 since the start of the
pandemic.

More than half of the new cases (50) are in Sofia. The next
highest figures, but considerably fewer, are in Blagoevgrad (5)
and Montana (6).

The largest number of people with coronavirus since the start of
 the pandemic has been reported in Sofia (6,400), followed by
Blagoevgrad (2,343) and Plovdiv (2,099). NV/LN/