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Today, heavy rainfall is expected in several regions, including Sofia-city, as a yellow weather warning has been issued. Cloud cover will persist throughout the day, with brief but intense precipitation anticipated in Western Bulgaria, particularly in areas like Sofia-city, Sofia, Pernik, Kyustendil, Smolyan, Blagoevgrad, and Pazardzhik.

In a somber incident near Pazardzhik, Bulgaria, an 86-year-old Italian resident of Chernogorovo lost his life in a street accident on Tuesday evening, as reported by BTA via the Regional Directorate of the Interior on Wednesday.

The flu epidemic is on the rise in Bulgaria, with three additional regions likely to announce flu school-holidays soon, including Varna, Burgas, and Pleven. Other regions, such as Yambol, Plovdiv, Gabrovo, Pazardzhik, and Sofia, are also approaching critical levels, warns Chief State Health Inspector Angel Kunchev in an interview with Nova TV.

The European Prosecutor's Office is investigating possible abuses in two projects for the renovation of the Bulgarian railways for over 241 million euros, financed by EU programs.

Several heavy-duty trucks are blocked on the Blagoevgrad-Bansko road in the area of the "Predel" pass. The passage is extremely difficult despite the efforts of the teams to clear the heavy snow.

The traffic jam is serious in the Razlog-Bansko direction, where the trucks are stuck, BNR reported.

Yellow code for heavy rainfall is in force for 14 districts in the country on 9 October. This is indicated by a reference on the NIMH website. These are Vidin, Montana, Vratsa, Sofia region, Sofia, Pernik, Kyustendil, Blagoevgrad, Pazardzhik, Smolyan, Kardzhali, Plovdiv, Lovech and Haskovo. The expected amount of precipitation is between 25 and 30 millimeters.

Bulgaria is now in the midst of the fourth Covid-19 wave. Measures against the spread of the virus will be introduced at national level and will not differ from those applied during previous waves. The scope of the restrictions is also linked to the implementation of economic measures to support the affected businesses, Bulgaria's Chief State Health Inspector Assoc. Prof.

There have been 1,070 new cases of coronavirus infection recorded in the country, data from the Single Information Portal show.

Yesterday, 11,816 diagnostic tests were made - 6,373 PCR and 5,443 antigen, 9% of tests are positive.

As of February 12, there were 22,801 active cases.

There have been 913 new cases of coronavirus infection registered in the country, data from the Single Information Portal show.

Yesterday, 10,164 diagnostic tests were made - 4,961 PCR, 5,203 antigen. The percentage of positive tests is 9%.

By February 11, there are 22,236 active cases.

After 13,228 tests made yesterday 1,212 new cases of coronavirus were documented in Bulgaria, show the data from the Single Information Portal shows. So, positive tests are slightly over 9 percent of all taken. In total, since March, there have been 226,061 confirmed cases of the infection.