Bulgaria hits record high daily coronavirus cases, hospitals stretched

Men wearing protective suits are seen outside a future temporary COVID-19 vaccination unit, amid the coronavirus disease outbreak in Sofia, Bulgaria, December 15, 2020. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov/Files

SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria's tally of coronavirus infections has risen by 6,813 in the past 24 hours, a record daily increase as the European Union's least vaccinated country grapples with a fourth wave of the pandemic, official data showed on Wednesday.

The virus has killed 124 people in the past 24 hours, according to the figures, bringing the total death toll to 23,440.