Sofia, February 9 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 1,011,588, after 32,974 tests identified 8,140 new infections on Tuesday, 75.28 per cent of which were of unvaccinated persons, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/. The test positivity rate now stands at 24.69 per cent.

The active cases are 261,942. Currently, the hospitalized patients number 6,274, including 625 in intensive care. Of the 892 hospital admissions, 82.85 per cent were not vaccinated.

The infected medical staff have reached 21,861.

Another 7,677 COVID-19 patients have recovered over the last 24 hours, bringing the total to 715,602.

98 fatalities were reported (91.84 per cent unvaccinated), and the death toll now adds up to 34,044.

With 7,616 new inoculations over the last 24 hours, 4,219,156 vaccine doses have been administered so far, 2,017,293 people are fully vaccinated, and 640,275 have received a booster jab.