March 13 (SeeNews) - Bulgaria's health ministry reported seven new cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), all in the capital Sofia, bringing the total number in the country to 23.
All seven new patients had been in contact with the first person who died of the disease in Bulgaria - a 66-year-old woman with chronic cardiac problems, the ministry said in a statement on Thursday.
The first cases of the coronavirus infection in Bulgaria were reported last week.