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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, 27 deaths, 850 new cases registered

September 23, 2021September 24, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Twenty-seven people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 died in the past day, bringing the country’s death toll

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, 58 deaths, 2192 new cases

September 22, 2021September 23, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Fifty-eight people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 died in the past day, bringing the country’s death toll

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Bulgaria 

NSI: More than 1.7M counted online in Bulgarian census so far

September 21, 2021September 21, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria census 2021

A total of 1 707 458 people have been counted in the online phase of Bulgaria’s 2021 census so far,

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NCIPD: 21 districts in Bulgaria are Covid-19 red zones

September 21, 2021September 25, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Twenty-one out of the 28 districts in Bulgaria are Covid-19 red zones, meaning a morbidity rate between 250 and 499.9

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 138 deaths, 2360 new cases registered in past day

September 21, 2021September 24, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The deaths of 138 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in the past day, bringing

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 548 Delta variant cases found in 552 samples

September 20, 2021September 26, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s National Centre for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases (NCIPD) said that it has completed the sequencing of 552 samples taken

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Caretaker government allocates 123.8M leva for Bulgaria’s November elections

September 20, 2021September 20, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s caretaker government allocated on September 20 an amount of 123.8 million leva (about 63.3 million euro) for the preparation

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Bulgaria’s 2021 census: NSI advice on how to recognise a genuine enumerator

September 20, 2021September 28, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria census 2021

Bulgaria’s National Statistical Institute (NSI) has issued guidelines to the public on how to recognise a genuine enumerator in the

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Bulgaria’s caretaker Health Minister condemns anti-vaxxer assault on Covid-19 vaccination team

September 20, 2021September 24, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s caretaker Health Minister Stoicho Katsarov has condemned an attack by anti-vaxxers on medics at a mobile vaccination point in

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