No particular change in the data for the day
The data more and more clearly outlines the trend towards an increase in the number of infected people that has been noticeable for about two weeks. The first real summer covid wave since the beginning of the pandemic is here – new cases of coronavirus in Bulgaria are increasing again. The good news is that for another week the death rate is decreasing. But those entering the hospital are becoming more and more – (385 in the direction of 269 on a weekly basis).
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For the day, 4,866 antigen tests were performed, of which 985 were positive, i.e. 20.24% positive samples. In comparison, in the previous report there were 4,651 antigen tests, of which 999 were positive, i.e. 21.47%. There were 650 PCR tests, of which 128 were positive, i.e. 19.69 per cent. On Thursday, this type of test was 723, of which 108 were positive, i.e. 14.93 per cent.
Total confirmed cases are 1,183,877. 3,705,490 PCR and 6,467,661 antigen tests were performed (total 10 173 151)with the average percentage of positive samples since the beginning of the pandemic being 11.63 percent – no change in the daily basis.
Active cases are increasing and there are already 11,293, which is 364 more in the direction of the previous report. According to the expert, the huge drop at the beginning of July, when within two weeks they reported active infections decreased by about 90,000, is explained by the fact that there are many unreported recoveries in the past two years and especially during the peaks of the previous waves, when the regional RHIs were extremely busy, due to which the real numbers are not taken into account, and now this indicator is being corrected.
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In recent days, a drastic increase has also been observed in the number of hospitalized persons, as they are now 553 – with more than 20 in the day base (102 entered the hospital, 82 were discharged). For comparison, during the worst days of the pandemic in October last year, more than 7,200 patients were treated in hospitals. Patients admitted to intensive care units are 32 – with 6 fewer on a daily basis. It is the occupancy of intensive care beds that is one of the main criteria for tightening the measures in our country, and not, as before, the number of infected persons or active cases.
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In this regard, the Unified Information Portal presents data on the occupancy of intensive care beds in the fifth cluster. After about two months of relative calm in which the entire country was at Stage 0, in the last week Regions 1, 3 and 5 are now in the green zone. Due to the reduction of the workload in the intensive sectors, from March 21 the green certificate was dropped completely. The governing coalition has lifted the state of emergency, but you preserve the right of the health authorities to introduce basic anti-epidemic measures. It is possible that with the increase in cases, some of the measures, such as wearing masks in hospitals and pharmacies, will be reintroduced. However, on July 14, Prime Minister Kiril Petkov confirmed that at this stage there is no need to introduce a serious measure to increase cases, mainly due to Omicron’s BA.5 subvariant.
743 people have settled at last count and their total number it is already 1 1345 295. For the last 24 hours there are 6 starters – 4 more than Thursday, when there were 2 victims. This is the number of people who have lost the battle with the virus in Bulgaria 37,289.
A total of 24,837 medical personnel are among the official coronavirus cases, i.e. with 16 more on a daily basis. 8512 are under quarantine souls, noting that they are 2,781 less than the currently active cases. Information on the number of people quarantined due to COVID-19 is available here, although according to the Ministry of Health it is not public. It is the number of quarantined persons that should be taken as a guide compared to the real number of active cases in the country at the moment.
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The Ministry of Health also presents data on what proportion of the infected, those admitted to hospital and those who started were not fully vaccinated. In the last 24 hours, 65.41 percent of those who tested positive were not immunized. 74.51 percent of those admitted to hospital for treatment are also unvaccinated. 83.33% were also unvaccinated from the start.
The unified information portal provides data and loaded vaccine doses, totaling 4,439,777 to date. According to the latest report, 2,063,078 people or 31.73 percent have completed their immunization cycle – added two mRNA doses or one of the company “Jansen”. This figure is provided several drastic ups and downs in recent months, for which there was no official explanation. As of July 13, fully immunized people have 13,364 targeted prior reports. Data enterprises decline and between March 20 and 21 by about 9,000 people, and on July 4 we inexplicably increased by 13,310.
The number of vaccines also includes 517,620 of “Jansen” or 120 per day, and it is applied only in one dose. For the second day in a row there are 3364 vaccines added. 792,880 people or 12.19 percent also received a booster dose, and most of them – 205,912 – are in the capital. A total of 18,325 people or about 0.28% of the population were given a second booster dose.
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The largest number of people with a completed vaccination course are in the 40-49 age group – over 385,000 people. Followed by 60-69 with over 380,000 and 50-59 with more than 371,000. Logically, there are the fewest vaccinated among children between 5 and 11 years old – 2,067. With booster doses, the first is the group of people between 60 and 69 years of age with over 203,000 vaccinated. This is followed by representatives of the 70-79 age group with over 189,000 vaccinated. For those with two booster doses, the 70- to 79-year-old age group began with 7,093 boosters added.
From the beginning of the placement in 2021, up to 92.17 percent of admissions for treatment in the hospital are unvaccinated. As for those in need of intensive care, the percentage is even higher – 96.99%, according to the portal’s data plusmen.bg.
The most cases in the last 24 hours were found again in the city of Sofia – 348, followed by Plovdiv with 99, Varna with 98 and Burgas with 94. There is no region without new infections, with the fewest in Smolyan – 3, and Vidin – 4.