Omicron variant of Covid-19 detected in 129 cases in Bulgaria

The Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 has been detected 129 cases in Bulgaria after cellogenomic sequencing conducted by the National Centre for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases.

The cases of Omicron have been reported in 14 districts as follows: Sofia-city - 46; Stara Zagora - 17; Blagoevgrad - 14; Sliven - 9; Pazardzhik - 8; Varna - 7; Plovdiv - 7; Pernik - 7; Montana - 6; Targovishte - 3; Haskovo - 2; Yambol - 1; Rousse - 1; Gabrovo - 1, announced by the Ministry of Health on January 31.

Of the 234 samples tested with SARS-CoV-2, 55.1% were proven cases of Omicron and 44.9% were Delta or its sub-variants. The clinical samples were taken from individuals with COVID-19 in the period January 3 - January 13, 2022 and were sent from 30 different hospitals in 21 districts of the country.