Total coronavirus cases in Bulgaria reaches 541, including 30 medical staff

The total cases of coronavirus in Bulgaria reached 541 after 10 new cases were confirmed during the night, the head of the national task force, Major-General, Prof. Dr. Mutafchiyski, said at the daily briefing on April 6.

One more patient, a man at the age of 72, died in the town of Peshtera. He had a number of underlying diseases.

The number of medical staff who tested positive for the virus is now 30, accounting to 5.5% of all confirmed cases in the country. These include 17 doctors, 8 nurses and 5 other medical staff. Four were confirmed on return from a holiday abroad, 4 are persons that were in contact with them, the rest 22 contracted the virus during work.

210 Covid-19 patients are in hospitals, 22 are intubated.