site.btaCOVID-19 Update: 183 New Cases, Test Positivity Rate at 5.46%

The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 1,286,488, after 3,351 tests identified 183 new infections on Friday, 62.84% of which were of unvaccinated persons, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/. The test positivity rate now stands at 5.46%.

Sofia City Region tops the list of new cases with 59 positive tests, followed by Plovdiv Region with 16.

The active cases are 5,366. Currently, the hospitalized patients number 464, including 54 in intensive care. Of the 48 new hospital admissions, 81.25% were not vaccinated.

Another 963 COVID-19 patients recovered over the last 24 hours, bringing total recoveries to 1,243,095.

Five fatalities were reported, 100.00% of them unvaccinated, bringing the death toll to 38,027.

A total of 4,595,084 vaccine doses have been administered so far, 2,074,112 people are fully vaccinated, and 932,200 have received a booster jab (including 59,631 with an adapted vaccine).