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The Central Election Commission (CEC) met on April 11 its deadline for declaring the names of those deemed elected as members of Bulgaria’s 45th National Assembly, following the parliamentary elections a week earlier. Fourteen of the initial 240 names notified the CEC that they did not want to take up their seats, among them GERB party leader and current Prime Minister Boiko Borissov. Word is now awaited from head of state President Roumen Radev, who has up to a month after the elections to convene the first sitting of the National Assembly. Should Radev not do so, Parliament may be convene...

A total of 138 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 died in the past 24 hours, bringing the country’s death toll linked to the disease to 14 308, according to the April 10 report by the national information system. Of 16 965 tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 2803 – about 16.8 per cent – proved positive. To date, 370 179 cases of new coronavirus have been confirmed in Bulgaria. There are 71 002 active cases, a decrease of 225 in the past day. A total of 10 271 patients with Covid-19 are in hospital, a decrease of 133 in the past 24 hours, with 812 in intensiv...

Of 16 083 tests done in the past day, 2957 – about 18.3 per cent – proved positive. To date, 367 376 cases of new coronavirus have been confirmed in Bulgaria, of which 71 227 are active, a decrease of 493 in the past 24 hours. There are 10 404 patients with Covid-19 in hospital, a decrease of 25 in the past 24 hours, with 813 in intensive care, an increase of 36. Eighty-three medical personnel tested positive in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to date to 12 451. The national information system said that in the past 24 hours, 3314 people in Bulgaria recovered from the virus, bringing...

Bulgaria has the seventh-highest Covid-19 death rate per 100 000 population in the world, according to figures posted on April 9 by the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center. The figures showed Bulgaria as having a Covid-19 death rate of 201.73 per 100 000 population, behind six other countries in Europe. Covid-19’s third wave in Bulgaria has seen a sharp increase in its mortality rate, which surpassed the death rates in the United Kingdom at the weekend and Slovenia earlier this week. In first place was the Czech Republic with 258.59 deaths per 100 000 population. That country is follo...

A total of 116 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 died in the past 24 hours, bringing the country’s death toll linked to the disease to 14 034, according to the April 8 report by the national information system. Of 17 713 tests done in the past 24 hours, 3556 – about 20.1 per cent – proved positive. To date, 364 419 cases of new coronavirus have been confirmed in Bulgaria. There are 71 720 active cases, an increase of 963 in the past 24 hours. There are 10 429 patients with Covid-19 in hospital, an increase of 74 in the past day, with 777 in intensive care, an incre...