ZAGREB, Aug 16, 2020 - In the last 24 hours, out of 1,377 tests performed for coronavirus, 151 have returned positive, the Croatian national COVID-19 management team reported on Sunday.

The number of the active cases stands at 1,185, reads the team's press release. Of them, 126 patients are being treated in hospitals, including 11 patients placed on ventilators.

The team reported one more COVID-related fatality, and the death toll stands at 166.

Since 25 February when Croatia reported its first confirmed case of the infection, 6,571 people have been diagnosed with this communicable disease, and of them 5,220 have recovered.

The country's health authorities have to date performed 137,657 tests for the infection to date.

ZAGREB, Aug 15, 2020 - A total of 162 cases of the coronavirus disease have been identified in Croatia in the last 24 hours, two more patients have died and there are 1,062 active cases, the national COVID-19 response team said on Saturday.

Of the total number of COVID-19 patients, 106 are hospitalised, including ten who are on ventilators.

Since February 25, when the first case of the infection was confirmed, 6,420 people have contracted the disease. Of that number, 165 have died and 5,193 have recovered.

Currently, 3,702 persons are in self-isolation.

To date, 136,280 people have been tested for the virus, including 1,538 in the last 24 hours.

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ZAGREB, Aug 15, 2020 - The European Commission will provide support for 23 new COVID-19 research projects in the amount of €128 million as part of the response to the coronavirus pandemic, and Croatian scientists are participating in three projects, the Jutarnji List daily reported in its August 13 issue.

A total of 347 scientific teams from 40 countries are involved in the 23 chosen projects, including 34 participants from 16 countries outside the European Union. One of the projects is SHARE COVID, a study of social, health, and economic effects of COVID-19 on persons over the age of 50, in which Croatian scientists have also been involved.

The Faculty of Business and Economics in Zagreb is a partner on the project, and the work package dedicated to the quality of health care is led by Sime Smolic. The main goal of this project is to understand the unplanned effects of pandemic and devise improved health, economic, and social policies.

"In this project specifically we are monitoring how people over the age of 50 are coping with the effect of the lockdown and how it will affect them. Later, we will be able to compare these data with the 2008 crisis research, since we surveyed the same people then, so the data are comparable," Smolic said.

The second project on which Croatian scientists are working is a completely new project, Envision. The project is about smart digital monitoring of COVID-19 patients in real-time, which facilitates decision-making in intensive care units.

The third project involving Croatia is called unCoVer, and it is being implemented in cooperation with 29 European partners, while the project leader is the Institute of Tropical Medicine.

The funding will enable scientists to help contain the pandemic and its impact by strengthening the industry's ability to produce and use already available solutions, by developing medical technology and digital tools, by having a better insight into the behavioral and socioeconomic effects of the pandemic and by studying large groups of patients across Europe, the Jutarnji List daily said.

ZAGREB, Aug 14, 2020 - In the last 24 hours there have been 208 new cases of the infection with coronavirus in Croatia, and the infection took two more lives, the national COVID-19 crisis management team reported on Friday.

The number of active cases rises to  961, the head of the Croatian Institute of Public Health (HZJZ), Krunoslav Capak told a news conference in Zagreb.

This is the second day in a row with record-high daily numbers of new cases. On Thursday, the team reported 180 new infections.

Currently, 106 COVID patients are receiving hospital treatment, and of the 10 are placed on ventilators.

The latest two fatalities were a patient born in 1960 and a patient born in 1934 with underlying health conditions.

Since 25 February when the country reported its first confirmed case of this communicable disease, 6,258 have tested positive, and of the 163 have died, while 5134 have recovered.

Currently, 3,158 people in Croatia are self-isolating.

Since the outbreak of the disease, 134,742 people have been tested, including 1,249 in the last 24 hours.

The average age of the newly-infected patients is 31 and they usually develop mild symptoms, Capak said.

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ZAGREB, Aug 13, 2020 - In the last 24 hours 180 new cases of the coronavirus disease have been reported in Croatia, the number of active cases stands at 811 and one person has died, the national COVID-19 response team said on Thursday.

This is a record-high number of new cases in a single day since the outbreak of the epidemic.

Of the active cases, 115 are undergoing hospital treatment, including 10 who are on ventilators.

Since February 25, when the first case of the infection was detected in the country, 6,050 people have contracted the disease, 161 of them have died and 5,078 have recovered.

Currently, 2,752 people are in self-isolation. To date, 133,493 people have been tested for the virus, including 1,201 in the last 24 hours.

ZAGREB, Aug 12, 2020 - In the past 24 hours, there have been 130 new cases of the coronavirus infection in Croatia, and currently there are 686 active cases, the national COVID-19 crisis management team said on Wednesday.

There are now 117 COVID patients in hospitals, and eight of them are placed on ventilators. There have been no new deaths in the last 24 hours.

Since the first confirmed case of the infection on 25 February in Croatia, a total of 5,870 persons have been diagnosed with the coronavirus infection, and of them 160 have died, while 5,024 have recovered.

Currently, there are 2,279 persons in self-isolation. To date, 132,292 persons have been tested for, including 1,604 in the last 24 hours.

"There are currently no significant new hotspots. What is characteristic is that people are returning from their holidays, and a lot of young people have become infected. The average age of new coronavirus patients is 34, these are predominantly younger people who have mostly been to different gatherings and places where young people have fun," Croatian Public Health Institute head Krunoslav Capak said.

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ZAGREB, Aug 10, 2020 - In the last 24 hours, there have been 45 newly diagnosed coronavirus cases in Croatia, and currently, there are 585 active cases, the national COVID-19 crisis response team stated on Monday.

There are now 124 COVID patients in hospitals, including eight ones placed on ventilators. In the last 24 hours, one more patient, diagnosed with this disease, has died.

Since the first confirmed case of the infection on 25 February in Croatia, 5,649 persons have been diagnosed with COVID-19, and of the 158 have died, while 4,906 have recovered.

Currently, there are 2,057 people in self-isolation.

Since the outbreak of the infection, 129,379 tests have been performed for this disease, including 1,247 in the last 24 hours.

ZAGREB, Aug 9, 2020 - In the past 24 hours there have been 61 new coronavirus cases in Croatia, bringing the total number of active cases to 586, the national coronavirus crisis response team said on Sunday.

Among the active cases are 121 hospitalised patients, including eight patients on ventilators. There have been no new deaths.

Since 25 February 2020, when Croatia reported its first case of the coronavirus infection, there have 5,604 cases of the infection, with 157 fatalities and 4,861 recoveries.

Currently, 2,008 people are in self-isolation. To date, a total of 128,132 people have been tested, including 727 in the past 24 hours, the response team said in a press release.

ZAGREB, Aug 8, 2020 - Over the past 24 hours 77 new coronavirus cases have been registered in Croatia, bringing the number of active cases to 569, and two persons have died, the national civil protection authority said on Saturday.

Hospitalised are 120 patients, including eight on ventilators.

Since February 25, when the first case was registered in Croatia, 5,534 persons have been infected with the new virus, 157 of whom have died, while 4,817 have recovered.

Currently 1,962 persons are self-isolating. So far, 127,405 persons have been tested for coronavirus, including 995 in the last 24 hours, the authority said in a press release.

ZAGREB, Aug 7, 2020 - The German T-online.de portal on Friday reported that 10 German graduate students who had been on Pag island for an excursion had returned infected with the coronavirus and are currently in self-isolation.

According to a spokesman for the Goppingen district, north of Stuttgart, ten school leavers developed symptoms with respiratory problems.

Fifteen school leavers and 50 other people who have been in contact with them are also in self-isolation.

The head of Goppingen's public health institute, Heinz Pohler, underscored that more and more people returning from the Balkans were being diagnosed with the coronavirus disease.

Earlier in the day Slovenia's health authorities reported that despite controlling local transfers of the virus, recently "imported cases" had been detected again.

"In the past week, of the 21 imported cases, a little more than half were from Croatia," Marta Grgic Vitek from Slovenia's national public health institute said, adding that most of these cases were detected among young people, noting that one of the epicentres was Zrce Beach on Pag island, a popular spot for clubbing with often large gatherings of young people.