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Twenty-seven people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 died in the past day, bringing the country’s death toll linked to the disease to 16 800, according to the May 7 daily report by the national information system. Of 5733 tests done in the past day, a total of 545 – about 9.6 per cent – proved positive. To date, 408 372 cases of new coronavirus have been confirmed in Bulgaria. There are 46 083 active cases, a decrease of 76 compared with the figure in the May 6 report. The report said that 594 people recovered from the virus in the past day, bringing the total to 345 489...

“Green corridors” where coronavirus jabs are available for all comers could continue after the current 10-day holiday period that will end on May 9, Bulgaria’s outgoing Health Minister Kostadin Angelov told the weekly news briefing of the Covid-19 HQ on May 6. Angelov said that any decision on “green corridors” will depend on the availability of vaccine doses beyond those needed to administer a second jab. He hailed the new single-day vaccination record of 32 482 jabs administered on May 5, the bulk of which were second doses, but re-iterated that the goal was to reach 50 000 jabs a...

A total of 32 482 doses of vaccines against Covid-19 were administered in Bulgaria on May 5, which outgoing Health Minister Kostadin Angelov said was the largest number in a single day so far. Since Bulgaria began its vaccination campaign on December 27, a total of 877 124 doses of vaccines against Covid-19 have been administered, according to the May 6 report by the national information system. A total of 251 202 people have received a second dose, an increase of 25 815 compared with the figure in the information system’s May 5 report. The May 6 report said that 164 deaths of people in Bul...

Sixty-one people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 died in the past day, bringing the country’s death toll linked to the disease to 16 609, according to the May 5 daily report by the national information system. Of 6206 tests done in the past day, a total of 367 – about six per cent – proved positive. To date, 406 192 cases of new coronavirus have been confirmed in Bulgaria. There are 47 357 active cases, a decrease of 752 compared with the figure in the May 4 report. The report said that 1058 people recovered from the virus in the past day, bringing the total to 342 226....

For a seventh consecutive week, all of the 28 districts in Bulgaria are Covid-19 “red zones”, meaning a rate of infection of 120 or higher per 100 000 population. This is according to the weekly report by the National Centre for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, covering the 14-period up to May 2. Compared with the previous six weeks, rates of infection are generally going down. Last week’s report, for the 14-day period up to April 25, showed seven districts with rates of infection higher than 400 per 100 000 population. The new report shows none above the 400-mark. There are six distr...