Sofia, February 6 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 993,255, after 21,251 tests identified 4,737 new infections on Saturday, 76.08 per cent of which were of unvaccinated persons, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/. The test positivity rate now stands at 22.29 per cent.

The active cases are 259,629. Currently, the hospitalized patients number 6,212, including 585 in intensive care. Of the 311 hospital admissions, 84.89 per cent were not vaccinated.

Another 3,784 COVID-19 patients have recovered over the last 24 hours, bringing the total to 699,898.

Forty fatalities were reported (90 per cent unvaccinated), and the death toll now adds up to 33,728.

With 2,612 new inoculations over the last 24 hours, 4,204,264 vaccine doses have been administered so far. PP