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Beginning December 1 and lasting until February 28, Sofia's city center will prohibit all vehicles classified in the first and second eco groups. This ban applies to the area known as the "small ring," which is bordered by "Vasil Levski," "Patriarch Evtimii," "Skobelev," "Oplchenska," and "Slivnitsa," as announced by the Sofia Municipality.

Starting in 2029, heating with wood and coal will be entirely banned in Sofia. The regulation for this change was adopted two years ago, and the city began enforcing restrictions last winter, initially targeting polluting vehicles in the city center.

Today, due to high summer temperatures, the Metropolitan Municipality of Sofia will distribute free mineral water to citizens, as announced by the municipal administration.

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.

Runoffs for mayor are looming this Sunday in most Sofia districts. En masse, they will be between the candidates of "We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria"-"Spasi Sofia" and those of GERB.

In the last 24 hours, 1,382 new cases of coronavirus have been recorded in Bulgaria after 14,082 tests, data from the Single Information Portal show.

Nearly 10 percent of the tests were positive.

Since the beginning of the pandemic.402,491 are the total confirmed cases in Bulgaria

In the last 24 hours there have been 418 new cases and 1,441 cured of coronavirus. This shows the statistics as of April 19, according to data from the Single Information Portal.

Yesterday, 4,644 diagnostic tests were made - 2,654 PCR and 1,990 antigen, positive tests account for 9% of the total.  

The active cases by April 19 were 64,508.

Yesterday, those cured of coronavirus were more than newly infected.

The latest figures show there were 2,944 new cases documented after 16,242 tests, according to data from the Single Information Portal. Positive tests were 18%.

Since the beginning of the epidemic in Bulgaria confirmed cases of coronavirus infection are 378,059.

Over the past 24 hours the number of Covid patients in need of intensive care has grown to 729. Twenty-four hours ago, they were 691. This is according to data from the Single Information Portal. In total there are 8,927 Covid patients in Bulgarian hospitals.

An increase in newly infected is reported of up to 4,857 people. There were 19,869 tests made, as 24% were positive cases.

Over the span of ten years - from 2009 to 2019 - the population of Sofia has increased by almost 80,000, economist Adrian Nikolov from the Institute for Market Economics said during an online presentation of an analysis of the economic and social development of the regions in southern Bulgaria.