Another 18 coronavirus cases were confirmed across Bosnia and Herzegovina in the past 24 hours, health authorities in the two semi-autonomous regions reported on Wednesday, and according to the latest data by the Civil Affairs Ministry, the country has seen 2,551 confirmed cases so far.

According to the head of the Sarajevo University Clinical Centre, which tests samples from across Bosnia’s Federation (FBiH) region, 10 of the 279 samples tested since Tuesday came back positive. Seven of them are from the northern town of Tesanj, which has become a hotspot for the coronavirus since recently.

In the other region, Republika Srpska (RS), the number of newly confirmed coronavirus cases is eight.

A total of 67,952 coronavirus tests have been conducted in Bosnia so far.

The number of those who passed away due to COVID-19 in Bosnia so far remains unchanged – 157.

A total of 1,939 people have recovered from the disease so far in the country.