Croatia Confirms 225 New Coronavirus Cases, One Death In Past 24 Hours
ZAGREB, Sept 6, 2020 - A total of 225 new coronavirus cases have been registered in Croatia in the past 24 hours and one person has died, the national COVID-19 response team said on Sunday.
The number of active cases has increased to 2,758 and 296 of them are hospitalized, including 21 on ventilators.
Since February 25, when the first case of infection with the novel virus was confirmed in Croatia, 11,964 people have been infected, of whom 198 have died and 9,008 have recovered. Currently, 8,964 people are in self-isolation.
To date, 191,360 people have been tested, including 3,509 in the last 24 hours.
New measures for Bjelovar-Bilogora County
At the suggestion of the Civil Protection Headquarters of Bjelovar-Bilogora County, the Civil Protection Headquarters of the Republic of Croatia adopted a Decision on September 5th on the introduction of necessary epidemiological measures for Bjelovar-Bilogora County.
The decision applies from September 7th, 2020, and limits the number of people at wedding ceremonies to 50, at other private ceremonies to 20.
Also, the number of persons who may be present at funerals is limited to 50. Carmine can be held only in a family circle with a maximum of 20 people, and condolences must not be expressed through close contact.
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Number Of Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients In Croatia Up 110% - Newspaper
ZAGREB, Sept 5 (Hina) - The number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients in Croatia has increased by as much as 110% in the past 15 days, Jutarnji List daily said on Saturday, adding that the growing number of severe cases is worrying.
Although the actual figures do not seem so terrifying, because 135 people were receiving hospital treatment for COVID-19 on August 21, while their number on September 4 was 283, the trend is a serious cause for concern, the newspaper said.
The number of active cases in this period jumped by 47%, which is more than half the increase in the number of hospitalized patients, as the number of active cases rose from 1,841 on August 21 to 2,703 on September 4.
A further cause for concern is the fact that the share of hospitalized COVID-19 patients in Croatia in the total number of infected people was 7.33% on August 21, while on September 4 it was 10.5%, Jutarnji List said, adding that the number of deaths in the said period rose from 169 to 195.
These figures are not surprising given that Croatia has been seeing negative trends for days now, and it was only logical that this situation would also affect the hospitals, which were not under too much strain this summer despite the constant presence of the virus. This was mostly due to the fact that symptoms of the disease were milder than those seen during the first wave of the epidemic from March to June, and the fact that people spent much more time outdoors, Jutarnji List said.
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Croatia Registers 334 New Cases of Covid-19, One More Death
ZAGREB, September 4, 2020 - In the past 24 hours, 334 new cases of the coronavirus were registered in Croatia, bringing the number of active cases to 2,703, and one person died, the national Covid response team said on Friday.
Of the 334 latest cases, 283 are in hospital treatment, 15 of whom are on ventilators.
Since 25 February when the first case was registered in Croatia, there have been a total of 11,428 persons infected with the virus, 195 of whom have died and 8,530 recovered.
Currently, 9,042 people are in self-isolation.
To date a total of 183,912 people have been tested for the virus, 4,047 of whom in the past 24 hours, the response team said.
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Croatia Registers 145 New Covid-19 Cases, One Death in Past 24 hours
ZAGREB, September 1, 2020 - Croatia has registered 145 new Covid-19 cases and one death in the past 24 hours, and currently there are 2,492 active cases in the country, the national Covid response team said on Tuesday.
Of the 258 patients receiving hospital treatment, 14 are on ventilators.
Since 25 February, when the first case of the coronavirus was confirmed in Croatia, a total of 10,414 people have been infected, 187 of them have died and 7,735 have recovered.
Currently, 8,808 people are in self-isolation.
A total of 171,224 people have been tested for the virus to date, including 2,995 in the past 24 hours.
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Croatia Reports 262 New COVID Cases, One More Death
ZAGREB, Aug 30, 2020 - In the period from 1215 hours Saturday to 0745 hours Sunday, 262 persons in Croatia were diagnosed with the coronavirus infection, and one more COVID patient died, the national COVID-19 crisis response team stated on Sunday morning.
The country's COVID tally shows that since the outbreak of the infection, there have been 10,123 cases.
Of them, 2,727 are still active, of whom 229 are being treated in hospitals, including 13 patients on ventilators.
So far, 184 persons have succumbed to the infection, and 7,212 have fully recovered.
Since 25 February when Croatia registered its first COVID case, 166,638 tests have been performed for this infectious disease.
Currently, 8,879 people are self-isolating.
As of this Sunday, the national COVID-19 management team starts issuing press releases on the daily new coronavirus infection cases every day at 10 am. Until now, press releases on COVID-19 numbers have been issued at 2 pm every day since the onset of the coronavirus outbreak.
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Croatia with 312 New COVID-19 Cases, Death Toll Rises by 3 to 183
ZAGREB, Aug 29, 2020 - Over the past 24 hours 312 new coronavirus cases have been recorded in Croatia, bringing the number of active cases to 2,654, the national COVID-19 response team said on Saturday.
Currently, 211 patients are hospitalised, including 12 on ventilators, and three more persons have died, raising the death toll to 183.
Since February 25, when the first case was recorded in Croatia, 9,861 persons have been diagnosed with the new infectious disease, and 7, 024 have recovered.
Currently, 9,148 persons are self-isolating.
To date, 165,716 persons have been tested, including 3,415 over the past 24 hours.
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Croatia Reports 304 New COVID Cases
ZAGREB, August 27, 2020 - In the last 24 hours, of 2,849 tests performed for the coronavirus infection, 304 turned out positive, and Croatia currently has 2,420 active cases, the national COVID-19 response team reported on Thursday.
Of those active cases, 194 are in hospitals, including 13 patients placed on ventilators.
In the last 24 hours, Croatia's COVID-related death toll has risen by two more fatalities to 177.
Since the outbreak of the disease on 25 February, Croatia has performed 160,236 tests, and 9,192 persons have been diagnosed with the disease, of whom 6,595 have recovered.
Currently, 8,388 people throughout the country are self-isolating.
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Minister: Spike in Cases Not Good, However, the Infected Have Mild Symptoms
ZAGREB, Aug 27, 2020 - Health Minister Vili Beros told the government on Thursday that during the past seven days, Croatia experienced the biggest spike in coronavirus cases, and that the numbers are not good, however, the clinical status of people infected with the virus is milder than at the onset of the epidemic.
Since the outbreak the epidemic of the coronavirus on 25 February, 8,889 people in Croatia have been diagnosed with this infectious disease, and 157,387 people have been tested for it.
Currently, there are 2,352 active cases, Beros said.
Of those active cases, 174 are receiving hospital treatment, and this is 7.4% of all those currently infected. There are 10 patients on ventilators or 0.4% of the infected, Beros said.
Responsible behaviour can markedly reduce the spread of the infection, and the minister called on Croatians to strictly comply with epidemiological measures.
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Appeal for Hiring More Sanitation Professionals in Battle Against COVID Epidemic
ZAGREB, Aug 27, 2020 - The Croatian chamber of public health officials on Thursday called on the authorities to hire more specialists from sanitary engineering in crisis situations such as the current COVID-19 epidemic.
The chamber says that the shortage of epidemiologists could be offset by actively engaging more certified sanitary engineers who are currently out of work.
The chamber believes that, when it comes to the implementation of epidemiological measures, a major part of the practical work required, could be performed by sanitary engineers. Therefore the association has appealed for more these professionals to be hired in the fight against the spread of the coronavirus infection.
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No Lockdown For Split-Dalmatia County
ZAGREB, Aug 26, 2020 - Head of the national COVID-19 management team and Interior Minister Davor Bozinovic said on Wednesday that the new measures for Split-Dalmatia County, announced by the county's team, would come into force at midnight.
"Split-Dalmatia County has decided to make wearing masks mandatory in bars and restaurants before consuming drinks and food, the number of people at weddings will be limited to 50, wakes are banned, and owners of restaurants are obliged to supervise their facilities more closely. Also, gyms will close, and sports competitions can take place but without spectators," Bozinovic said.
Broken down by counties, the number of new cases of the infection is the highest in Split-Dalmatia County - 136, followed by the City of Zagreb (58), Sibenik-Knin County (33), Primorje-Gorski Kotar County (20), Zagreb County (19), Zadar County (15), Varazdin County (11), Brod-Posavina County (11), while other counties have recorded fewer than 10 new cases.
Asked whether the national COVID-19 response team was considering a complete closure of Split-Dalmatia County, Bozinovic said that was not the case.
"We are not considering that this is the only way to avoid that, and I am convinced there will not be any lockdown. We are keeping the situation under control this way," he said.
Asked about the possibility of the spike in number due to the recent Feast of the Assumption, Bozinovic said that they had assigned local teams to conduct epidemiological surveillance, and they believe the prescribed measures had been implemented.
"Split-Dalmatia County is a hotspot and new measures are being taken there. We will have meetings with others on Thursday, so it is possible that some new measures may be introduced then in some counties," Bozinovic said.
Asked why gyms were closing in Split-Dalmatia County while bars remained open and Masses were allowed, Bozinovic said that the new measures would be in place for 14 days.
He underscored that measures could be dropped or extended. Fines for violating the measures are also possible, he added.
"There is always the possibility of penalizing. We hope there will be no need for that because our intention is that as many people as possible accept the recommendations by the Croatian Public Health Institute. The point is for people to follow the recommendations because then we will achieve the main goal, to reduce the number of new infections and control the situation," he said.
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