North Macedonia's Health Institute said late on Wednesday that 26 more patients died from COVID-19-related complications and 3,836 people were confirmed infected with the coronavirus over the last 24 hours.

The deaths toll stood at 1,212, while out of 279,770tested people, 42,540 samples came back positive.

The number of recovered patients has been 25,353 so far, while on Wednesday the Ministry reported 15,975 active cases.