New record rise in daily coronavirus cases in Bulgaria, 240 confirmed overnight

Two hundred and forty new cases of coronavirus were confirmed in Bulgaria over the past 24 hours from 4,300 PCR tests, data on the national information system shows on July 9.

The latest cases were reported in the following regions: Blagoevgrad – 17; Bourgas – 4; Varna - 16; Veliko Turnovo – 8; Vratsa- 3; Gabrovo – 2; Dobrich – 5; Kardzhali – 4; Kyustendil – 12; Lovech – 1; Montana – 1; Pazardzhik – 7; Pernik – 1; Pleven – 12; Plovdiv – 21; Rousse – 4; Silistra – 1; Sliven – 9; Smolyan – 13; Sofia district – 12; Sofia city – 71; Stara Zagora – 11; Targovishte – 1; Haskovo – 1; Shoumen – 1; Yambol - 2.

The total-lab-confirmed cases in the country to date are at 6342.

129 people recovered over the past 24 hours.

Out of the total, 498 people are in hospitals, 29 of them in intensive care.

The deaths of people who had a positive test result for Covid-19 are 259. The daily number of Covid-19 associated deaths is 5 people.