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Of 9876 tests done in the past 24 hours, 719 – about 7.28 per cent – proved positive. The number of patients in hospital rose by 68 to a total of 2969, with 284 in intensive care, an increase of five. Twenty-eight medical personnel tested positive in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to date to 9587. To date, a total of 221 266 cases of new coronavirus have been confirmed in Bulgaria, counting in those who have died, those who have recovered from the virus and the active cases. There are 20 496 active cases, a decrease of 389 in the past 24 hours. The national information system said ...

Pupils in the seventh, eighth and 12th grades returned to schools in Bulgaria on February 4 for two weeks of in-person classes, after which they will rotate back to distance learning for a fortnight. This adds about 170 000 pupils and 30 000 teachers to the in-person education process at schools, with close to 740 000 pupils and teachers already at school every day, after pupils in the first to fourth grades returned to school in early January. In Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia, 1700 pupils submitted declarations that they wanted to remain on distance learning instead of returning to in-pers...

The volume of retail trade in Bulgaria in December 2020 was 12 per cent lower than in December 2019, the second-largest drop in the European Union on an annual basis, according to figures released on February 4 by EU statistics agency Eurostat. Against the background of the Covid-19 crisis, the figure for December was the latest in a succession of decreases in the volume of the retail trade in Bulgaria on an annual basis. In July, the decrease was 17.5 per cent, in August, 12.2 per cent, in September 6.7 per cent, in October 5.3 per cent and in November, 6.4 per cent. On a month-by-month comp...

Foreigners with permanent or long-term residence in Bulgaria on the basis of study, work, family or other reasons are entitled to receive vaccinations against Covid-19, Chief State Health Inspector Angel Kunchev told a news conference on February 4. Foreigners in the country without such status and who wanted to be vaccinated would have to wait until all Bulgarian citizens had been catered for under the national vaccination plan. Earlier, the Bulgarian Medical Association said that anyone in Bulgaria who wants to be vaccinated should inform their general practitioners (GPs). Bulgaria is follo...

Thirty-six 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 a total of 9178, the national information system daily report said on February 3. Of 11 452 tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 967 – about 8.4 per cent – proved positive. To date, 220 547 cases of new coronavirus have been confirmed in Bulgaria. There are 20 885 active cases, a decrease of 581 in the past 24 hours. The national information system said that 1512 people in Bulgaria recovered from the virus in the past 24 hours, bringi...