Health Ministry State Secretary Tomislav Dulibic informed the government on Thursday that currently there were 2,171 COVID patients in hospitals, of whom 252 were on ventilators.

In the last seven days, 1,915 patients diagnosed with COVID-19 have been admitted to hospitals, and 1,359 have been discharged.

Currently, 1,466 healthcare professionals are infected with coronavirus, and an additional 1,135 are self-isolating.

“The Health Ministry promptly responds to requests made by hospitals and takes care about the sufficiency of hospital capacity, equipment and healthcare professionals. Concerning the capacity, the situation is stable. The challenges are the greatest in the north of the country, and we have been successful in seeking solutions for those challenges,” Dulibic said.

The ministry has asked the Croatian Health Insurance Agency (HZZO) to put oxygen concentrators at hospitals’ disposal.

According to Dulibic, in Medjimurje County, the Hotel Park has been repurposed to accommodate COVID-19 patients and staff will soon be sent there.

Record 4,009 new coronavirus cases, 51 deaths in last 24 hours

Croatia has registered a record 4,009 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours and 51 people have died, the national coronavirus response team reported earlier in the day.

The number of active cases is now 21,725.

The previous record was set on Wednesday when 3,603 new infections were reported.

Since February 25, when the first case was confirmed in Croatia, 115,626 people have contracted the novel virus, 1,552 of them have died and 92,349 have recovered, including 2,924 in the last 24 hours.

Currently, 50,165 people are in self-isolation.

To date, 713,729 people have been tested, including 11,487 in the last 24 hours.