Covid-19 in Bulgaria: More Than 4,000 Newly Infected, Hospitals Overloaded

Business | March 19, 2021, Friday // 08:37
Bulgaria: Covid-19 in Bulgaria: More Than 4,000 Newly Infected, Hospitals Overloaded

Over the past 24 hours, 4,008 new cases of coronavirus infection have been documented in the country, data from the single information portal shows.

Yesterday, 17,973 diagnostic tests were made - 10,750 PCR and 7,223 antigen tests. Positivity rate is over 22%.

The active cases as of March 19 were 51,919.

There is increasing pressure on hospitals. Hospitalized with Covid-19 diagnosis are 8,082 - 278 more than yesterday. 670 patients are in intensive care units, yesterday they were 609.

On 18 March, 5,350 doses of vaccines have been given and the total number since the start of the vaccination campaign has been 356,052. Vaccinated with a second dose were 66,741.

In the last 24 hours, the disease has claimed the lives of 102 people, with 1,584 cured.

Since the beginning of the epidemic, there have been 11,817 deaths in our country, 232,041 people have recovered.

The total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus infection since the beginning of the epidemic is 295,777, of which 11,100 are medics.

The most are the newly registered cases in Sofia, Burgas, Plovdiv and Varna.

Statistics of the day by districts: Blagoevgrad - 158 new cases, Burgas - 329, Varna - 299, Veliko Tarnovo - 92, Vidin - 18, Vratsa - 124, Gabrovo - 23, Dobrich - 79, Kardzhali - 36, Kyustendil - 62, Lovech - 56, Montana - 52, Pazardzhik - 80, Pernik - 74, Pleven - 158, Plovdiv - 312, Razgrad - 19, Ruse - 105, Silistra - 106, Sliven - 90, Smolyan - 53, Sofia-city – 1,121, Sofia-Oblast - 140, Stara Zagora - 120, Targovishte - 29, Haskovo - 111 , Shumen - 106, Yambol - 56.

56,135 people remain in quarantine.

 

 

 

 

 

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