Croatia reports record number of 542 new coronavirus infections

NEWS 08.10.202011:54
MOHD RASFAN / AFP

Croatia on Thursday registered a record number of 542 new cases of the coronavirus infection, as well as one fatality, and the number of active cases now stands at 2,206, the national Covid-19 management team said on Thursday.

There are 361 Covid-19 patients in hospitals, including 27 who are on ventilators.

Since February 25, when Croatia registered its first case of the coronavirus infection, 18,989 people have contracted the disease, and 310 of them have died, while 16,473 people have recovered, including 165 in the last 24 hours.

Currently, 10,908 people are self-isolating.

To date, a total of 344,533 people have been tested for the virus, 5,939 of whom have been tested over the past 24 hours.

Until now, the record daily high in Croatia was 369 new cases of the infection, registered on September 3.