Croatia registered a record-high number of new coronavirus cases on Wednesday (7,315) as well as 50 deaths, the national COVID-19 crisis management team said.

The previous record was 7,094 on 6 November.

There are 34,296 active cases, including 1,940 hospitalised patients, of whom 254 are on ventilators, while 26,131 persons are self-isolating.

To date 3,214,550 persons have been tested for the virus, including 16,965 in the past 24 hours.

Also, 48.65% of the total population has been vaccinated, including 58.20% of adults, of whom 54.14% fully.