Croatia confirms 27 new coronavirus cases, one more fatality in last 24 hours

"Twenty-seven people have been diagnosed with Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, which puts the total number at 1,908," Health Minister Vili Beros said at the authority's regular daily news conference.

A woman born in 1932, who was hospitalised at the KBC Dubrava hospital, has died, the minister said, noting that she had suffered from other chronic conditions apart from the infection with novel coronavirus

So far, 48 people have died of Covid-19 in Croatia. 

A total of 26,274 people have been tested, including 664 in the last 24 hours, which is 7.16% of those tested, Beros said.

The average age of infected persons is 50.68, and 52.8% of the positive cases are women and 47.2% men.

A total of 317 people are hospitalised, seven fewer than on Monday, 377 patients have recovered, which puts the total number of recoveries at 801. Eighteen people are on ventilators.