Sofia, August 27 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 448,431, after 23,298 tests identified 1,733 new infections on Thursday, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/. The test positivity rate now stands at 7.44 per cent.

The active cases are 26,007. Currently, the hospitalized patients number 3,163, including 279 in intensive care.

Thirty-four fatalities were reported Thursday and the death toll now adds up to 18,647.

Another 485 COVID-19 patients have recovered over the last 24 hours, bringing the total to 403,777.

With 13,412 new inoculations on Thursday, 2,269,759 vaccine doses have been administered so far. LN/MY