Bulgaria's daily Covid-19 deaths rise to record high

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Official data shows Bulgaria has reported a record number of daily coronavirus deaths as the European Union's least vaccinated country grapples with a fourth wave of the pandemic, Reuters reports.

New infections stood at 5,286, down from a peak in late October, while 334 people died of the virus, the highest daily death toll since the start of the pandemic.

Over 8,500 people were in hospitals, including 734 in intensive care units, the data showed.

A medic tends to coronavirus patients at the intensive care unit of Pirogov hospital in Sofia, Bulgaria, October 15. — Reuters
A medic tends to coronavirus patients at the intensive care unit of Pirogov hospital in Sofia, Bulgaria, October 15. — Reuters

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