Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Number of Patients in Intensive Care Rose to 729, Fatalities - 119

Over the past 24 hours the number of Covid patients in need of intensive care has grown to 729. Twenty-four hours ago, they were 691. This is according to data from the Single Information Portal. In total there are 8,927 Covid patients in Bulgarian hospitals.

An increase in newly infected is reported of up to 4,857 people. There were 19,869 tests made, as 24% were positive cases.

As of 24 March, 60,832 were active cases in Bulgaria. In total there have been 312,741 confirmed cases since the beginning of the epidemic.

In the last 24 hours 119 people have died, with 12,307 deaths in Bulgaria since the outbreak of the epidemic.

Newly contagious by districts: Blagoevgrad - 171; Burgas - 496; Varna - 369; Veliko Tarnovo - 93; Vidin - 21; Vratsa - 173; Gabrovo - 54; Dobrich - 74; Kardzhali - 57; Kyustendil - 78; Lovech - 57; Montana - 49; Pazardzhik - 77; Pernik - 105; Pleven - 160; Plovdiv - 358; Razgrad - 14; Ruse - 148; Silistra - 73; Sliven - 100; Smolyan - 92; Sofia region - 219; Sofia (city) - 1352; Stara Zagora - 136; Targovishte - 22; Haskovo - 130; Shumen - 101; Yambol - 72.

As of yesterday, 2,571 were documented as cured, 239,602 have recovered from the infection.

In the last 24 hours, 12,436 people have been vaccinated. With them, the total number of vaccines given is now 388,805.