Slovenia records highest daily number of COVID cases

FILE PHOTO: People queue during a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) mass testing in Ljubljana, Slovenia, December 22, 2020. REUTERS/Borut Zivulovic/File Photo

ZAGREB (Reuters) - Slovenia registered a record high 3,456 COVID-19 infections on Tuesday, or 44.7% of the number of people tested, the state health institute said, as medical experts suggest tighter restrictions to rein in the pandemic.

Currently there are 29,354 active COVID-19 cases in the small Alpine state of some two million people. There are 1.12 million fully vaccinated people, or 53% of the overall population.