COVID-19 UPDATE: Sarajevo University Hospital confirms 8 more cases

Reuters/Yves Herman

21:00 Faktor news portal reported that the Sarajevo University Hospital tested 130 additional samples form Covid-19, of which 8 came back positive.

Sebija Izetbegovic, the Hospital's general manager that of the 8 cases, two samples were retested and the second test also confirmed the presence of the disease, Faktor reported.

12.30 Bosnia and Herzegovina has registered a total of 27 new Covid-19 patients and two deaths caused by the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours in both of its semi-autonomous regions, healthcare authorities confirmed in their daily press conferences.

According to official data by Bosnia's Civil Affairs Ministry, published every day by 1 pm, the country now has 1,368 confirmed patients and 53 fatalities caused by Covid-19. 460 patients have recovered.

Federation (FBiH) has tested another 634 patients and 11 turned out positive to the novel coronavirus, bringing the total in this half of the country to 770.

Currently, there are 595 active cases and 143 have recovered. The region has recorded 32 fatalities caused by the virus.

Of the total of 281 lab tests that were performed over the past 24 hours in Republika Srpska (RS), 16 were positive for the novel coronavirus, which brings the tally in this half of the country to 580. Nineteen patients have died and 306 recovered.

The new infections were recorded in seven different local communities but they all had a close contact with previously confirmed infected patients.

Ninety-seven patients are being treated at the University Clinical Centre in Banja Luka, RS largest city and its administrative centre, with 38 patients showing serious symptoms and six are connected to ventilators.

Brcko District, a separate administrative unit in the north of the country, counts 18 confirmed cases and two fatalities to date.