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Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Romania's COVID-19 Deaths at New Record High

Medical professionals assist coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients in the overcrowded intensive care unit at the Emergency Hospital "Bagdasar-Arseni", in Bucharest, Romania, October 19, 2021. Inquam Photos/Octav Ganea via REUTERS

Romania reported record numbers of daily coronavirus deaths on Tuesday, data showed, and there were no available intensive care beds across the European Union's second-least vaccinated state.

New infections in the preceding 24 hours topped 11,000 but down from a peak seen in October, while 591 people died of the virus, preliminary official data showed.

The pandemic has killed 48,664 people in the country so far, according to Reuters.

Romania has fully vaccinated roughly 37% of its adult population and although daily inoculation numbers have risen in recent weeks, skepticism remains elevated because of distrust in state institutions and misinformation campaigns.

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