The newly confirmed coronavirus cases in Bulgaria over the past 24 hours are 142 out of 6844 PCR tests, data published on the National Information Portal on August 21 shows.
The latest cases were reported in the following districts: Blagoevgrad - 11; Bourgas - 3; Varna - 12; Veliko Turnovo – 2; Vidin – 3; Dobrich – 11; Kardzhali - 2; Kyustendil - 4; Montana -4; Pazardzhik - 11; Pernik - 3; Pleven – 1; Plovdiv - 11; Razgrad – 2; Rousse – 2; Silistra – 4; Smolyan - 6; Sofia district – 3; Sofia city - 23; Stara Zagora - 4; Haskovo – 4; Shoumen – 3; Yambol - 2.
The total lab-confirmed cases in the country since the start of the epidemic is 14,962.
The active cases are 4343.
Of the total, 766 are in hospitals, 63 of them being in intensive care.
The recoveries over the past 24 hours are 156, thus bringing the total recoveries to 10,087.
The medical professionals who tested positive for the virus are 824, including 9 confirmed in the past 24 hours: 5 doctors; 1 nurse; 1 healthcare assistant and 2 other medical staff.
The total of fatalities rose to 532.
Five Covid-19 associated deaths were reported in the past 24 hours; A 62 year old man with heart condition; a 73 year old man with pneumonia; a 45 year old man with no underlying health conditions; an 87 year old man with pneumonia; a 61 year old woman with heart disease.
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