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Over the past 24 hours, 3,988 new cases of coronavirus infection have been registered in the country, data from the Single Information Portal shows.

Yesterday, 17,825 tests were made - 9,934 PCR and 7,891 antigenic, positivity rate is 22%.

1399 are the confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Bulgaria according to data from the National Operational Headquarters To date, 12 new cases have been proved, 3 in Sofia and 9 in Vidin. The labs continue to work.

287 persons with confirmed COVID-19 are hospitalized. 39 patients are in intensive care units and clinics.

Bulgarian women have made 5,338 abortions in the country in just three months - from March to June this year. This is according to data from the National Center for Public Health and Analysis, cited by BGNES.

Students in the country are increasingly aware of the Internet security and virus protection. This shows the analysis of the results of this year's National External Assessment in Information Technology after tenth grade.

It was held in 928 schools in the country and was attended by nearly 45,000 tenth graders, the education ministry said.

Record quantities of detained heroin, marijuana, cocaine and synthetic drugs are reported, Prime Minister Boyko Borisov announced during a National meeting of the MoI leadership. Smuggling cigarettes is known to have dropped below 5%, he added.

Two more passengers in the serious car crash near the village of Mikre have died. One died on the way, the other one died in the hospital in Lovech. 15 are injured.

The whole team of the hospital is engaged in helping the injured. Some of them are in serious condition.

In an article published in The Guardian on Sunday, Kate Eshelby argues that there is much more to Bulgaria than the cheap beach and ski holiday packages the country is best known to foreign tourists.