Coronavirus in Bulgaria: 233 new cases

The newly confirmed cases of coronavirus in Bulgaria over the past 24 hours are 233 from 4,628 tests (including 150 confirmed from PCR and 83 from antigen tests), data published on the National Information Portal on coronavirus shows on January 17.

The total lab-confirmed positive cases in the country since the start of the epidemic are 211,736.

The active cases are 46,936.

Of the total, 3,485 patients are in hospitals, 340 of them being in intensive care.

During the past 24 hours:

• 296 recoveries, bringing the total to date to 156,326;
• 206 vaccinated, bringing the total vaccinations to date to 18,332;
• 17 Covid-19 related deaths, thus bringing the death toll to date to 8,474.