Croatia has registered 53 coronavirus-related deaths and 1,071 new infections in the last 24 hours, the national coronavirus response team said on Tuesday.

A total of 2,390 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, including 200 on ventilators, and the number of active cases stands at 5,908.

With the 53 latest fatalities, the death toll has climbed to 4,179.

Since the start of the epidemic in late February, 214,390 people have been infected with the novel virus and 204,303 have recovered, including 1,009 in the last 24 hours.

Currently 17,448 people are in self-isolation.

A total of 1,041,678 people have been tested for coronavirus, including 6,602 in the last 24 hours.