ZAGREB, Dec 9, 2020 - In the last 24 hours, out of 12,596 tests performed for coronavirus, 4,520 (36%) have returned positive in Croatia, and 69 people have died of the complications linked to the COVID-19 disease, the national COVID-19 crisis management team reported on Wednesday.
There are now 23,750 active cases, and of the 2,703 are receiving hospital treatment, including 280 patients placed on ventilators, or 23 more than on Tuesday, according to a tally kept by the crisis management team.
Croatia's COVID-related death toll stands at 2,367.
Since February 25, when the first case was confirmed in the country, 159,372 people have been infected with the novel virus. A total of 837,619 people have been tested to date. More than 131,000 have recovered.
Currently, 57835 people are in self-isolation.
