COVID-19 pandemic in Bulgaria
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have spread to Bulgaria in March 2020.
| COVID-19 pandemic in Bulgaria | |
|---|---|
 Number of confirmed cases in Bulgaria by province (as of 7 May)[1] 0 confirmed 1–9 confirmed 10–49 confirmed 50–99 confirmed 100+ confirmed | |
| Disease | COVID-19 |
| Location | Bulgaria |
| First outbreak | Wuhan, Hubei, China (globally) |
| Index case | Pleven, Gabrovo |
| Arrival date | 8 March 2020 |
| Confirmed cases | 2,100 |
| Active cases | 1,480 |
| Recovered | 521 |
Deaths | 99 |
| Government website | |
| Bulgarian Ministry of Health Coronavirus.bg | |
Cases
The first case was confirmed on 8 March 2020, a 27-year-old man from Pleven and a 75-year-old woman from Gabrovo. Neither of the two had traveled to areas with known coronavirus cases. The man tested positive for the virus after being hospitalized for a respiratory infection.[2] Two other samples in Pleven and Gabrovo were positive on 8 March.[3]
Response
After the number of patients in the country had reached 23, the Bulgarian Parliament voted unanimously to declare a state of emergency from 13 March until 13 April.[4]
A 14-day preventive house quarantine was made for citizens who have been in contact with a COVID-19 patient or have returned from an overseas region with a high number of cases.
For patients tested positive for the virus a 21-day house quarantine was created. The National Crisis-management Staff later increased the recovery house quarantine by a week to 28 days.[5] With the continuing increase of COVID-19 cases on a daily basis, on 1 April the Bulgarian government requested that Parliament extends the state of emergency by one month until 13 May.[6]
Numbers
As of 14 May 2020, there are 2,100 officially confirmed cases spread throughout all Bulgarian provinces, with 99 recorded deaths and 521 recoveries. A total of 61,711 PCR tests (or 8,868 per million citizens) had been performed by 13 May, with 3.40% being positive.[7]
COVID-19 Pandemic In Bulgaria Media
Rolling 14-days new cases prevalence of COVID-19 in Bulgaria by region
Prevalence of COVID-19 in Bulgaria by region
Total cases in 14 days of COVID-19 in Bulgaria by region
Total cases of COVID-19 in Bulgaria by region
Detected active cases (blue), hospitalized patients, incl. ICU (red), patients in ICU (yellow) and daily death cases (black). The horizontal dashed red and yellow lines are the beds reserved for CoViD-19 patients in October 2020. The graphs are smoothed by central moving average and plotted in semi-logarithmic scale.
New confirmed cases by age group (04.08.2020–19.02.2022)
The Mall (Sofia) during the COVID-19 pandemic in Bulgaria
A closed restaurant in Sofia (number for home delivery of food provided) during the COVID-19 pandemic in Bulgaria
A COVID-19 testing laboratory near Iuzhen Park in Sofia.
References
- ↑ "Коронавирус COVID-19 на територията на България". ESRI Bulgaria: COVID-19 Tracker (in български). 28 March 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
- ↑ Bulgaria, Moldova Report First Coronavirus Cases. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 8 March 2020. https://www.rferl.org/a/bulgaria-confirms-coronavirus-cases-amid-flu-outbreak/30475539.html.
- ↑ (in bg) Проф. Тодор Кантарджиев: От Плевен имаме две положителни проби за коронавирус, от Габрово също. 8 March 2020. http://focus-news.net/news/2020/03/08/2754995/prof-todor-kantardzhiev-ot-pleven-imame-dve-polozhitelni-probi-za-koronavirus-ot-gabrovo-sashto.html. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
- ↑ "НС прие с пълно единодушие обявяването на извънредно положение в цялата страна - По света и у нас". news.bnt.bg (in български). Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- ↑ "28-дневна карантина за заразени с коронавирус - България". dariknews.bg (in български). Retrieved 2020-04-01.
- ↑ "Коронавирус: В България удължават извънредното положение". Deutsche Welle (in български). 1 April 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ↑ "Новини". coronavirus.bg (in български). Retrieved 2020-04-22.