site.bta132 COVID-19 Cases Registered in Bulgaria in 24 Hours. PM Borissov: No Reason to Panic

June 19 (BTA) - A total of 132 people have tested have positive for COVID-19 out of 2,104 tests carried out in the past 24 hours, the Health Ministry reported here Friday morning.

This brings Bulgaria's total confirmed coronavirus cases up to 3,674. A total of 1,941 people have recovered from the disease so far, while 1,543 are still active.

A total of 289 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized, of which 13 are in ICU. A total of 190 people infected with the virus have died, six of whom in the past 24 hours.

Later on Friday, Prime Minister Boyko Borissov told a news briefing at the Council of Ministers that he sees no reason to panic at this stage, even if the numbers of newly confirmed COVID-19 cases have been rising. He added that if the measures are tightened now, this would instil fear in the population.

The Prime Minister also said that no one has ever declared the pandemic over, adding that the government was aware of the consequences of loosening the measures. According to today's sitting of the national coronavirus task force, COVID-19 has weakened considerably. Currently, there are much fewer hospitalized people as the rate of recovery is higher than ever.

Borissov said that Bulgaria still has sufficient hospital capacity, medicaments and protective equipment. Alexandrovska Hospital CEO Prof. Kostadin Angelov assured that hospitals are stocked with sufficient amounts of antimicrobial preparations.

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