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COVID-19 Update:
94 New Cases,
Test Positivity Rate at 1.4%


Sofia, August 2 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 425,148, after 6,691 tests identified 94 new infections on Sunday, according to data posted Monday on the national coronavirus information platform at https://coronavirus.bg/. The test positivity rate now stands at
1.4 per cent.

Varna (on the Black Sea) tops the list of new cases with 19
positive tests.

The active cases are 8,379. Currently, the hospitalized patients
number 810, including 81 in intensive care.

Two fatalities were reported, and the death toll now adds up to
18,215.

With 2,171 new inoculations on Sunday, 2,030,301
persons in aggregate have received a coronavirus vaccination so far, including 1,011,143 who are fully vaccinated.

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Chief State Health Inspector Angel Kunchev said here on Monday that the Health Minister is expected to order changes to the restrictions for people coming from Monaco, Iceland and France, as these countries are to be designated as high contagion zones.

According to Kunchev, Bulgaria is at the start of the fourth COVID-10 wave, but the spread of the virus is still not too drastic and fast.

He said that the Delta variant is more infectious and Bulgaria could enter the orange zone in mid-August.

Answering a question whether a third dose of the vaccine will be needed, Kunchev said that this will likely become necessary, adding however, that this will require the vaccine's summary of product characteristics to be changed and an approval granted by the European Medicines Agency. RI, MY
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