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Another increase in the number of new coronavirus infections was reported on Friday, when 914 new cases were reported per day with 6,324 tests and 14.5% positive samples.
The number of hospitalized, which is already 1426 – more than 200 more people than on Monday. People in intensive care units are also increasing to 74 people.
The number of deaths in the last 24 hours is 15. Those cured are 189. Thus, the number of active cases in our country is already almost 10,000, almost 17,000 people have recovered from the disease.
Most of the new cases were registered again in Sofia: 260. The number of infected continues to increase in Blagoevgrad, where 91 positive samples are reported. There are 45 in Targovishte. On Thursday, the authorities identified the two districts as a “red zone” with a morbidity of more than 120 people per 100,000, and Health Minister Kostadin Angelov recommended against traveling there.
Despite the increasing number of cases, the government’s strategy is not to impose additional measures against the epidemic at the national level, but to impose restrictions on the part of local headquarters in case of increased morbidity.
TO Targovishte the two largest schools have been closed for disinfection, and for the second day in a row, the children are in online learning mode, expected to return to classrooms on Monday. All the massive events in the city have been postponed. The local hospital announced a donation account to support their work. The management of the health facility has spent BGN 50,000 over budget to provide protective clothing for medical staff. Currently, the hospital is raising funds for PCR test kits. All beds for coronavirus treatment in the hospital are occupied.
Meanwhile, the operational headquarters in the other worst affected area – Blagoevgrad you must decide today whether to introduce additional measures against the epidemic.
Dobrich Hospital made an emergency call for the need for nurses. The attorney for the medical institution explained that for the Covid room to function properly, around 10 more nurses are needed for the other rooms.
The funds for their salaries are provided by the hospital and the municipality, and around BGN 100 will be paid in service. Three doctors and three nurses from the hospital tested positive. Zhelyazkov explained that they are asymptomatic, but have been placed in mandatory 14-day quarantine.
In Vratsa, there is a coronavirus outbreak at the local oncology dispensary. 19 oncology center staff have positive samples. There is also a deceased doctor on staff. There are currently no data on infected patients.
A nurse kept going to work, despite her husband testing positive, bTV reported.
Thus, three doctors, 13 nurses and two nurses have coronavirus. There are no infected patients. Staff in three of the wards were tested for coronavirus. The others refuse. 110 patients are hospitalized and the rest are discharged for home treatment. Disinfection measures have been taken. The management of the cancer center assures that the situation will be controlled in a week or two.
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