Sixty-four new coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Croatia in the last 24 hours, another 40 people have recovered, and one person has died, the national civil protection team said on Thursday.

“In the last 24 hours there have been 64 new COVID-19 cases, which puts the total number at 1,407,” Health Minister Vili Beros said.

A total of 555 new tests have been conducted, which puts their total number at 13,680.

“Since yesterday, a patient has died in Zagreb's KB Dubrava hospital. It was an elderly man with numerous comorbidities,” Beros said.

So far a total of 20 people have died from the novel COVID-19 virus.

“Thirty-four patients are on ventilators, 326 have been hospitalised while 842 infected persons are at home,” Beros said.

Forty more people have recovered from the disease, which puts their total number at 219.

Four workers at Psychiatric Hospital for Children test positive for coronavirus

Two cooks, a psychiatrist and a nurse at the hospital have tested positive for the COVID-19 virus, the head of the city's health department, Vjekoslav Jelec, said, adding that 42 people had been ordered to self-isolate.

Jelec said that testing had been done on 20 people and another 20 would be tested today, including children. He said that ten children were currently in the hospital, all were well and none were showing any symptoms of the disease.

“The situation is under control. Three doctors and nine nurses are looking after the children. All the necessary steps have been taken, and we have alternative solutions as well. The virus entered the hospital via technical support staff,” Jelec said.

Interior Minister: Easter holidays are not the time to travel

“I would like to ask everyone planning a short trip to Croatia for the Easter holidays not to do it, for their own safety and that of the people they would like to visit, but also because it is uncertain whether they will be able to return and under what conditions to countries they would like to come from. This is not a time to travel and relax,” he said.

Bozinovic said that the measures concerning farmers’ markets had been introduced to enable consumers to buy fresh Croatian products and to enable the Croatian agricultural sector to sell those products, adding that the measures should not be compromised.

“We are entering a few critical weeks. Let's stay home,” he said.