Croatia confirms 86 new coronavirus cases

NEWS 16.07.202016:44
Sanjin Strukic/PIXSELL

Over the past 24 hours 86 new coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Croatia, bringing the total of active cases to 1,190, and 74 percent of the new cases (64) are people in self-isolation, the national Covid-19 response team said on Thursday.

The number of cases since the first one was reported on February 25 has reached 4,039, Health Minister Vili Beros said at a press conference.

To date 2,729 persons have recovered from the novel coronavirus, and over the past 24 hours 934 patients have been discharged from hospital. The number of people who have recovered at home has reached 1,795.

Currently 136 patients are hospitalised, including four on ventilators.

The average age of patients is 47. There have been no dead over the past 24 hours so the death toll stands at 120.

To date 99,414 samples have been tested, including 1,690 over the past 24 hours. The percentage of positive ones has been 4.06.

There are 82 active cases among medical staff and 477 are self-isolating.