A total of 49 new cases of Covid-19 as well as one virus-related fatality have been reported in Bosnia over the past 24 hours by Monday noon, bringing the total number of confirmed cases since the beginning of the outbreak in Bosnia to 1,565.

Bosnia’s Serb-dominated Republika Srpska (RS) entity confirmed 35 new Covid-19 cases after testing 419 samples, the sntity health authorities said Monday.

Among the 35 Covid-19 patients are 5 medical workers – one doctor and four nurses. The RS health authorities said that 11 persons have been hospitalised while others will be isolated according to the official procedure.

Banja Luka Clinical Centre reported that an 80-year-old patient had died in their care over the past 24 hours, making this the 60th fatality caused by Covid-19.

The hospital said the man has a history of pre-existing chronic diseases.

When it comes to the Bosniak-Croat shared Federation (FBiH) entity, of the 573 samples, 14 came back positive, health authorities said, adding that this entity currently has 49 hospitalised patients, five of which are on ventilators.

Cantons with the most confirmed cases are: Herzegovina-Neretva Canton (241), Zenica-Doboj Canton (142), Sarajevo Canton (113), West-Herzegovina Canton (83), Tuzla Canton (81) and Una-Sana Canton (79).