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Another three people infected with the novel coronavirus have died in Romania, taking the number of COVID-19 fatalities to 1,308, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS) announced on Friday.

Twenty five new cases of coronavirus were confirmed in Bulgaria over the past 24 hours from 1174 PCR tests, the head of the coronavirus task force, Prof. Ventsislav Mutafchiyski said at the daily briefing on June 4. Seven were hospitalised.

Eight of the latest cases are in Sofia, 7 in Pazardzhik, 3 in Yambol, 2 in Sliven, 2 in Razgrad, 1 in Plovdiv, 1 in Vidin and 1 in Rousse.

Another 238 cases of persons infected with the novel coronavirus were recorded in Romania since the last informative bulletin, the total number of infections reaching 19,907 cases, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS) announced, on Thursday. Of the persons confirmed positive, 13,919 were declared healed and discharged. The intensive care units are now tending to 153 patients.

Another three people infected with the novel coronavirus have died in Romania, taking the number of COVID-19 fatalities to 1,299, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS) announced on Thursday.

Turkey's top health official on June 3 said the country did not expect a second wave of the novel coronavirus, which has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives around the world.

The total number of the Romanians infected with the novel coronavirus increased to 19,669, as another 152 people have been found positive to COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS) informs on Wednesday. Of the people confirmed infected, 13,800 were declared cured and discharged from the medical units. 162 patients are being treated in intensive care wards.

A number of 119 new cases of people infected with the novel coronavirus have been recorded in Romania since the last update, bringing the total case count to 19,517, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS) reported on Tuesday. Of the infected persons, 13,526 have been declared cured and discharged from hospital. As many as 166 COVID-19 patients are in intensive care.

With nearly 30,000 dead in Brazil and more than 10,000 dead in Mexico, the novel coronavirus epidemic threatens to shatter hospital systems across Latin America- while France, which is emerging from a similar nightmare scenario, begins on June 2 a gradual return to normalcy.

The largest emergency hospital in Sofia, Pirogov, discharged its last two Covid-19 patients. The hospital has treated 156 patients who had tested positive for the new coronavirus, 36 of whom were in intensive care.

Six more people have died in Romania due to the novel coronavirus, bringing the country's total death toll to 1,276 deaths, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS), the official novel coronavirus communication task force, announced on Monday afternoon. These are a 76-year-old woman and five men aged 64 to 83.