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Decrease in the percentage of positive samples, over 30,000 are already victims of COVID-19 in our country

The number of new cases of coronavirus increased as an absolute number but decreased as a percentage. 1614 are the newly discovered cases for December 17, and they increase by 171 on a daily basis, after the open cases on Thursday were 1443. 45 925 tests were performed (PCR and antigenic), which is 10 096 more than the reported 35 829 days earlier. Thus, the percentage of positive samples decreases – from 4.02% to 3.51 percent.

For the day there are 40,797 antigen tests, 950 are positive, ie. 2.31% positive samples. For comparison, in the previous report there were 31,391 antigen tests, of which 793 were positive, ie. 2.52%. PCR tests are 5128, positive of which are 664, ie. 12.94 percent. On Thursday, this type of tests were 4438, with positive of them – 650, ie. 14.64 percent.


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The total confirmed cases of coronavirus in Bulgaria are already 723 433. 3 007 534 PCR and 4 069 478 antigen tests were performed (7 077 012 in total), as the average percentage of positive samples since the beginning of the pandemic is 10.22 percent – a decrease of 0.04% on a daily basis.

The number of active cases is slightly increasing and is now 95,207, which is 117 more than in the previous report. There is a decrease in the number of hospitalized persons, as they are 4511, which is 280 less (406 were admitted to hospital, 686 were discharged). There are 537 patients admitted to intensive care units – 14 less on a daily basis. 1416 people have recovered and the total number is now 598 212. 81 people died – 5 less than Thursday, when there were 86 victims. Thus, the total number of those who lost the battle with the virus in Bulgaria is already 30,014.

The Ministry of Health has already provided data on the proportion of those infected, hospitalized and deceased who have not been fully vaccinated. During the last 24 hours, 80.24 percent of those who tested positive were not immunized. 88.42% of those admitted to hospital were also unvaccinated. 93.83% of those who died during the day were not vaccinated. A total of 17,873 medical personnel are among the official cases of coronavirus, ie. by 28 more.

317.56 is the 14-day morbidity per 100,000 people compared to 327.32 in yesterday’s report. 149.64 is the 7-day morbidity per 100,000 people compared to 151.16 in yesterday’s report. An average of 79 people have died in the last 7 days.

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The single information portal also provides data on the doses of vaccines administered, and so far they are a total of 3,577,712. Of these, 1,942,368 people or 28.08 percent have started vaccination, of which 1,868,873 of them or 27.02 percent of the population has completed the immunization cycle. They are also considered 446 911 Jansen vaccines – 1692 per day, which is administered in a single dose. For the last 24 hours there are 17 668 vaccines. 2374 are the first dose, 6234 are the second dose and 9060 are the third. 213,382 people or 3.08 percent also received a booster dose, most of them – 61,177 in the capital.

Most cases were found again in Sofia – 363, followed by Plovdiv with 169. There is no district without new infections, and the least are in Razgrad – 10.

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