Romania reports a record daily number of 591 deaths due to covid, with a low vaccination rate and a wave of coronavirus infections that has overwhelmed the country’s struggling health care system.
Bulgaria, where 25% of adults have been fully vaccinated, also reports its highest daily pandemic death toll today. Of the 310 who died over the past 24 hours, more than 90% were unvaccinated, say authorities. Bulgarian Health Minister Stoycho Katsarov calls the situation “a national disaster.”