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The number of health establishments for hospital aid as of 31.12.2020 was 342 with 54 216 beds. 320 of them were hospitals with 51 991 beds.

The number of out-patient health establishments was 2 098 with 1 296 beds and other health establishments were 149 with 1 935 beds in them.

At the end of 2020 29 717 physicians were in practice under the basic labour contracts in health establishments. Dentists were 7 312, as 6 454 worked in practices that had signed а contract with National Health Insurance Fund. Medical specialists on ‘Health cares’ who worked on a basic labour contract in health establishments were 44 676. 29 160 of them were nurses and 3 251 - midwives.

The consumer price index in May 2021 compared to April 2021 was 100.1%, i.e. the monthly inflation was 0.1%.

In the period January - March 2021 the exports of goods from Bulgaria to the EU increased by 11.7% compared to the same period of 2020 and amounted to 10 349.5 Million BGN while the imports of goods to Bulgaria from the EU grew by 11.0% and reached 10 600.1 Million BGN.

In March 2021 the exports to the EU increased by 29.5% compared to the corresponding month of the previous year and amounted to 3 733.8 Million BGN while the imports grew by 25.1% and added up to 4 033.7 Million BGN.

In the period January - April 2021 the exports of goods from Bulgaria to third countries increased by 7.7% compared to the same period of 2020 and amounted to 7 016.9 Million BGN while the imports of goods from third countries grew by 15.8% and added up to 8 969.9 Million BGN.

In the period January - April 2021 the total value of all exported goods to third countries and EU amounted to 21 259.6 Million BGN, which is 16.6% more than the same period of the previous year, while the total value of all imported goods from third countries and EU added up to 23 164.6 Million BGN and grew by 18.2%.

In April 2021, during the continuing epidemic situation, 1 732 accommodation establishments - hotels, motels, camping sites, mountain chalets and other establishments for short-term accommodation with more than 10 bed-places functioned in the country. The total number of the rooms in them was 51.3 thousand and the bed-places were 103.8 thousand.

The total number of the nights spent in all accommodation establishments registered in April 2021 was 413.7 thousand.

The total revenues from nights spent in April 2021 reached 21.9 million BGN, as 16.1 million were from Bulgarians and 5.8 million - from foreigners.

According to the preliminary data, in April 2021 the index of production in section ‘Construction’ calculated on the basis of seasonally adjusted data was 2.3% above the level of the previous month. In April 2021 the working day adjusted index of production in construction increased by 15.7% in comparison with the same month of 2020.

According to the preliminary seasonally adjusted data in April 2021 the turnover in ‘Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles’ at constant prices increased by 1.3% compared to the previous month. The working day adjusted turnover rose by 25.9% as compared to the same month of the previous year.

According to the preliminary data in April 2021 the Industrial Production Index, seasonally adjusted increased by 0.2% compared to March 2021.

In April 2021 the working day adjusted Industrial Production Index rose by 22.8% in comparison with the same month of 2020.

According to the seasonally adjusted data, GDP decreased by 1.8% in the first quarter of 2021 compared with the same quarter of 2020.

According to the preliminary data, GDP per person employed increased in real terms by 2.0% in the first quarter of 2021 compared to the same quarter of the previous year.