Croatia confirms 11 new coronavirus cases, 3 deaths in last 24 hours

NEWS 10.05.202015:33
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Eleven new cases of coronavirus infection have been registered in Croatia in the last 24 hours, bringing their total to 2,187, while the death toll has increased by three to 90, Health Minister Vili Beros told a daily press conference on Sunday.

A total of 44,886 people have been tested to date, including 668 in the last 24 hours, of whom 4.87% have tested positive.

Three women, born in 1925, 1931 and 1935, died in hospital in the northern town of Koprivnica, and all had underlying chronic conditions.

A total of 169 infected people are currently in hospitals, including 13 on ventilators; 675 patients have recovered in hospitals and 1,089 at home, bringing the total number of recoveries to 1,764, which is 38 more than on Saturday.

On the southern island of Brac, the new hotspot of the infection, eight people have tested positive, all exhibiting mild symptoms. Only two infected persons from the island are hospitalised in Split, Beros said.