In the last 24 hours 16 people have died as a consequence of infection with COVID-19 and 1,016 new cases of the infection have been registered, with the number of active cases standing at 7,938, the national COVID-19 crisis management team said on Tuesday.

There are 930 hospitalised patients, of whom 61 are on ventilators, while 5,532 persons are self-isolating.

Croatia has registered 1,065,001 coronavirus cases to date and the death toll is 15,250.

To date, 56.87% of the population or 67.64% of adults have been vaccinated, including 65.56% fully.