February 11 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 1,025,129, after 27,998 tests identified 6,278 new infections on Thursday, 76 per cent of which were of unvaccinated persons, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/. The test positivity rate now stands at 22.4 per cent.

Sofia City Region tops the list of new cases with 1,298 positive tests, followed by Varna with 743 cases and Plovdiv with 613.

The active cases are 261,909. Currently, the hospitalized patients number 6,238, including 601 in intensive care. Of the 681 hospital admissions, 84.43 per cent were not vaccinated.

The number of infected medical staff has reached 22,150, with 138 new cases detected.

Another 6,645 COVID-19 patients have recovered over the last 24 hours, bringing the total to 728,992.

Seventy-six fatalities were reported (85.53 per cent unvaccinated), and the death toll now adds up to 34,228.

With 8,320 new inoculations over the last 24 hours, 4,235,020 vaccine doses have been administered so far. A total of 2,023,316 people are fully vaccinated and 648,967 have received a booster.

/DS/