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167 new cases - 134 more than on Monday, were registered for the past 24 hours. This is according to the data of the Unified Information Portal for the fight against the coronavirus.

One person died with confirmed coronavirus infection.

4037 tests were done, which means that the proportion of positive results is 4%.

The most contagious sub-variant of SARS-CoV-2 that has emerged to date, XBB.1.5, and the new severe wave of coronavirus in China are worrying scientists, said Nikos Tzanakis, Professor of Pulmonology in the School of Medicine at University of Crete.

In China, the death of more and more famous people is being announced, prompting residents to question the previous data on mortality from COVID-19, the disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, writes the BBC.

North Korea on Thursday said it found four new fever cases in its border region with China that may have been caused by coronavirus infections, two weeks after leader Kim Jong Un declared a widely disputed victory over COVID-19.

One thousand and forty-one new cases of coronavirus were registered in the last 24 hours in Bulgaria. 12 confirmed infected have died, according to data from the Unified Information Portal.

The figures are slightly higher than a week ago. Last Saturday, 1,024 new cases of coronavirus and 10 deaths were registered in our country.

Timis County remains in the red zone, with 4.95 cases of SARS-CoV-2 infections per thousand inhabitants, increasing compared to the previous day, as well as Maramures County where the incidence rate is 3.14, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS) announced on Sunday.

A number of 2,830 new cases of people infected with SARS-CoV-2 have been registered in the past 24 hours, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS) reported on Sunday. These are cases that have not previously had a positive test, the quoted source points out. As of Sunday, 801,994 cases of people infected with the novel coronavirus have been confirmed in Romania.

A number of 2,830 new cases of people infected with SARS-CoV-2 have been registered in the past 24 hours, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS) reported on Sunday. These are cases that have not previously had a positive test, the quoted source points out. As of Sunday, 801,994 cases of people infected with the novel coronavirus have been confirmed in Romania.

A number of 1,319 new cases of people infected with SARS-CoV-2 have been registered in the last 24 hours, following 9,520 tests performed nationwide, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS) reported on Monday. These are cases that have not previously tested positive, says GCS. By Monday, 746,637 cases of people infected with the novel coronavirus were confirmed in Romania.

A further 345 cases of people infected with the novel coronavirus have been recorded in Romania since the last briefing, reaching a total of 22,760 illnesses, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS) announced on Wednesday.