February 15 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 1,042,954, after 35,342 tests identified 6,130 new infections on Monday, 77.32 per cent of which were of unvaccinated persons, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/. The test positivity rate now stands at 17.3 per cent.

Sofia City Region tops the list of new cases with 1,216 positive tests, followed by Varna with 617 cases and Plovdiv with 556.

The active cases are 256,767. Currently, the hospitalized patients number 5,954, including 605 in intensive care. Of the 939 hospital admissions, 85.94 per cent were not vaccinated.

The infected medical staff have reached 22,460.

Another 7,426 COVID-19 patients have recovered over the last 24 hours, bringing the total to 751,596.

One hundred and eighy-seven fatalities were reported (84.49 per cent unvaccinated), and the death toll now adds up to 34,591.

With 3,813 new inoculations over the last 24 hours, 4,249,259 vaccine doses have been administered so far, 2,028,663 people are fully vaccinated, and 656,760 have received a booster jab.