Another two people, age 70 and 68, died, bringing a total number of victims of COVID-19 to 13 in North Macedonia, while in the last 24 hours 46 new cases where confirmed, bringing a total to 430 people confirmed infected, the Beta news agency reported on Friday.

Both men had additional medical issues related to heart problems.

Three more patients were released from a hospital, and 20 people had been cured so far.

Medical staff tested a total of 4,506 people in the country, 389 in the last 24 hours.a