site.bta1,387 New Cases of COVID-19 Confirmed in Bulgaria, Positivity Rate at 6.91%

SC 10:44:01 19-08-2021
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104 COVID-19 - DAILY - UPDATE

1,387 New Cases of COVID-19
Confirmed in Bulgaria,
Positivity Rate at 6.91%


Sofia, August 19 (BTA) - Bulgarian healthcare workers confirmed
1,387 new cases of COVID-19 in the country on Wednesday, August
18 after performing 20,072 tests, according to data posted on
coronavirus.bg. Thus, the total number of COVID-19 cases in the
country since the start of the pandemic grew to 437,327. The
test positivity rate on Wednesday was 6.91 per cent.

There are 18,119 active cases. Hospitalized patients number
2,001, including 174 in intensive care.

A total of 235 COVID-19 patients recovered from the disease in
24 hours, bringing the aggregate number of recoveries to
400,797. Sixteen fatalities were reported for the day, and the
death toll now stands at 18,411.

After 12,807 vaccine doses were administered on Wednesday, the
total number of shots given so far is 2,188,957. A total of
1,094,904 persons have received two doses each. RY/VE

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