February 7 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 995,436, after 12,838 tests identified 2,181 new infections on Sunday, 76.80 per cent of which were of unvaccinated persons, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/. The test positivity rate now stands at 17% per cent.

Sofia City Region tops the list of new cases with 622 positive tests, followed by Varna with 308 cases and Burgas with 153.

The active cases are 259,523. Currently, the hospitalized patients number 6,238, including 593 in intensive care. Of the 215 hospital admissions, 88.8 per cent were not vaccinated.

The infected medical staff have reached 21,486.

Another 2,245 COVID-19 patients have recovered over the last 24 hours, bringing the total to 702,143.

Fourty-two fatalities were reported (92.9 per cent unvaccinated), and the death toll now adds up to 33,770.

With 1,629 new inoculations over the last 24 hours, 4,205,893 vaccine doses have been administered so far, 2,012,154 people are fully vaccinated, and 633,133 have received a booster jab.