Bulgaria designates 7 districts as COVID-19 ‘Dark Red Zone’

According to the unified information portal's December 7 update, seven of Bulgaria's 28 districts are Covid-19 dark red zones

According to the unified information portal’s December 7 update, seven of Bulgaria’s 28 districts are Covid-19 dark red zones, indicating they have a morbidity rate of 500 or higher per 100,000 people on a 14-day basis.

Vratsa, Montana, Pernik, Rousse, Sofia district, Sofia city, and Gabrovo are the seven districts.

Pernik has the highest morbidity rate, at 578.78 per 100,000 people, whereas Sofia has a rate of 527.05 per 100,000 people.

Blagoevgrad, Bourgas, Varna, Veliko Turnovo, Vidin, Dobrich, Kyustendil, Lovech, Pazardzhik, Pleven, Plovdiv, Razgrad, Smolyan, Stara Zagora, Turgovishte, Haskovo, Shoumen, and Yambol are among the red zones, with morbidity rates ranging from 250 to 499.9 per 100,000 people.

Kurdzhali, Silistra, and Sliven are yellow zones, with morbidity rates ranging from 100 to 249.9 per 100,000 people. Sliven was recently reclassified from a red to a yellow zone.

According to the report, Bulgaria’s national Covid-19 morbidity rate was 416.91 per 100 000 population on a 14-day basis on December 7, down from 431.89 on December 6.