Sofia, Bulgaria: The European country recorded a total of seventy-three (73) cases of the novel coronavirus during the last 24 hours, as per the data shared in the unified information portal.
These COVID cases have been detected from the additional 2485 tests conducted by the healthcare facilities in the last 24 hours. The positivity rate of the fresh COVID-19 infections stands at 2.93%.
These cases take the total count of the total COVID active cases in Bulgaria to 76,901, which has decreased by a significant number as compared to the report of May 28, 2022, the data further adds.
Meanwhile, one COVID-19 patient lost their life to the contagious mutant, whereas a total of 764 COVID patients were recovered from the mutant and discharged from the hospital facilities.
According to the data, for the present time, there are a total of 410 patients with COVID-19 virus who are in hospital facilities. There are a total of thirty-seven (37) individuals who are in intensive care units – ICU, as of May 30, 2022.
Additional 13 doses of the WHO-approved COVID-19 vaccines were administered in the European country during the last day.
Vaccination rate of the Balkan state:
In Bulgaria, till May 29, 2022, there are a total of 2,059,200 individuals who have received their required number of COVID-19 vaccines and are now in the category of fully vaccinated population. This number of Bulgarian citizens represents around 29.7% of the total targeted eligible population of the European country, the official data reveals.
On the other end, till MAY 29, a total of 757,548 Bulgarian nationals are fully immunized and have also taken their third dose, which is booster shots of the WHO-approved COVID-19 vaccines. This total number of individuals computes for nearly 10.9% of the targeted eligible population of Bulgaria, as per the information present on the official portal.