In the last 24 hours, Croatia has recorded 108 new coronavirus cases and two deaths, Health Minister Vili Beros told a press conference on Wednesday.

The number of people currently infected with the novel virus is 1,127 and the death toll has reached 125.

Two men, one born in 1945 and the other in 1946, died in the KBC hospital in the eastern city of Osijek. Both had underlying pathological conditions and one of them was on a ventilator.

Since February 25, when the first case was reported in Croatia, the number of people testing positive for the Covid-19 virus has reached 4,530. A total of 106,805 people have been tested, including 1,279 in the last 24 hours, and the rate of positive cases is 4.24%.

Currently, 143 infected people are receiving hospital treatment and nine of them are on ventilators. The average age of patients is 47.1 years.

To date, 3,278 people have recovered from the infection. Twelve have been discharged from hospital in the last 24 hours, bringing their number to 1,051, while 78 have recovered at home, or 2,256 people in total.