site.btaCOVID-19 Update: 2,774 New Cases, Test Positivity Rate at 20.3%

Sofia, March 11 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases
in Bulgaria reached 269,579 after 13,691 tests identified 2,774
new infections on Wednesday, according to data posted on
https://coronavirus.bg/ on Thursday. The test positivity rate
now stands at 20.3% per cent.

A total of 1,792,497 tests have been performed in this country
since the first infections were diagnosed on March 8, 2020.

Sofia City Region tops the list of new cases with 734 positive
tests, followed by Plovdiv Region with 223 cases and Varna
Region with 153.

The active cases are 38,531. Currently, the hospitalized
patients number 6,395, including 501 in intensive care.

The infected medical staff have reached 10,644, with 62 new
cases detected in the last 24 hours.

Another 2,531 COVID-19 patients have recovered over the last 24
hours, bringing the total to 220,049.

97 fatalities were reported, and the death toll now adds up to
10,999.

With 6,995 new inoculations over the last 24 hours, 309,145
persons in aggregate have been vaccinated against the
coronavirus, of whom 52,735 have received both doses.

/NV/