May 22 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in
Bulgaria reached 416,417, after 14,466 tests identified 362 new
infections on Friday, according to data posted on
https://coronavirus.bg/. The test positivity rate now stands at
2.5 per cent.

Sofia City Region tops the list of new cases with 48 positive
tests, followed by Plovdiv Region with 35 cases and Varna Region
 with 30.

The active cases are 25,975. Currently, the hospitalized
patients number 3,849, including 417 in intensive care.

The infected medical staff have reached 13,378, with 5 new cases
 detected since Thursday.

Another 1,413 COVID-19 patients have recovered over the last 24
hours, bringing the total to 372,968.

Twenty-seven fatalities were reported, and the death toll now
adds up to 17,474.

With 25,116 new inoculations over the last 24 hours, 1,250,667
persons in aggregate have received a coronavirus vaccination so
far, including 494,466 who are fully vaccinated. RI/LG

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