Coronavirus in Bulgaria: 850 new cases, positivity rate is 9.4%

The newly confirmed cases of coronavirus in Bulgaria over the past 24 hours are 850 from 9,086 tests, the daily report on the National Information Portal shows on September 23.

The latest cases registered in the districts are as follows:

Blagoevgrad – 30; Bourgas - 99; Varna - 81; Veliko Turnovo – 19; Vidin – 4; Vratsa – 9; Gabrovo – 19; Dobrich – 23; Kardzhali - 5; Kyustendil - 22; Lovech - 12; Montana - 14; Pazardzhik - 7; Pernik - 43; Pleven – 21; Plovdiv - 74; Razgrad - 9; Rousse - 16; Silistra – 8; Sliven - 46; Smolyan – 6; Sofia district - 34; Sofia city – 158; Stara Zagora - 37; Targovishte - 21; Haskovo - 13; Shoumen – 3; Yambol - 17.

The total lab-confirmed positive cases in the country since the start of the epidemic are 487,588.

The active cases are 41,071.

Of the total, 4,959 patients are in hospitals, 405 of them being in intensive care.

During the past 24 hours:

· 584 recoveries, bringing the total to date to 426,266

· 1,858 administered doses of Covid-19 vaccines, bringing the total to date to 2,483,134

· 27 Covid-19 related deaths, thus the death toll to date is 20,251