SOFIA, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- The Bulgarian Health Ministry on Saturday morning reported a record high of 612 new confirmed COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours in the country, taking the national tally to 23,871.
The previous daily records of 516, 437 and 436 new cases were reported on Friday, Thursday and Wednesday, respectively.
Meanwhile, the country's COVID-19 death toll has reached 887 after seven more patients died in the last 24 hours, the ministry said.
It also said that the number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients has risen to 1,131, with 58 in intensive care.
The ministry added that 150 people have recovered in the last 24 hours, raising the country's total recoveries to 15,713.
Bulgaria reported its first COVID-19 cases on March 8. The daily record before this Wednesday was 330 cases registered in July. Enditem
