23:00 Twelve more cases of coronavirus have been confirmedSaturday evening, Federation entity's Public Health Institute confirmed for N1, adding that all the cases are from this entity.

All patients are coming from Herzegovina Nerezva and West-Herzegovina cantons, and with these newly discovered cases, the total number of Covid-19 patients in Bosnia and Herzegovina rose to 275.

In total, 28 new cases were discovered on Saturday.

18.30 Of the 17 samples tested on Saturday, four were positive for Covid-19, head of the Sarajevo University Clinical Centre Sebija Izetbegovic confirmed for N1. At the same time, a new fatality was confirmed in Republika Srpska.

The patients are from Gorazde, Brcko, Sarajevo and Ilijas, she said, adding all but the patient from Ilijas were in contact with the previously infected patients.

So far, the total number of infected patients in Bosnia is 261.

In an emergency press conference, the Health Minister of Bosnia's Serb majority part Republika Srpska, Alen Seranic said they recorded the entity's first fatality – a senior woman who was brought to the Banja Luka's Infectious Diseases Clinic on Friday.

He said she suffered from pneumonia and a number of chronic diseases.

Her death brings the total number of deaths caused by covid-19 in Bosnia to six.

17:25 A 64-year-old patient from the south Bosnian town of Grude has died at the Mostar University Hospital on Saturday, N1 learns.

According to the West-Herzegovina Crisis Staff, the man was taken to the hospital after experiencing severe symptoms, where he was connected to a respirator.

This is the fifth fatality caused by the Covid-19 in the country, and second at the Mostar Infectious Diseases Clinic.

15:35 Bosnia's Serb majority part has declared a state of emergency on Saturday over the coronavirus pandemic, aimed at making the decision-making process faster and easier.

11:00 Bosnian authorities confirmed 17 new Covid-19 cases and three more are awaiting official confirmation.

Seven new cases are confirmed in Bosnia's Serb majority part Republika Srpska, while seven are confirmed in the Bosniak-Croat shared Federation. Three cases are awaiting confirmation from Sarajevo Canton.

Looking at the Federation entity – seven cases were confirmed in the central Bosnian city of Tuzla, three in the south Bosnian town of Siroki Brijeg and one in Ljubuski as well as one in the central Bosnian town of Konjic.

When it comes to the Republika Srpska entity – one case was confirmed in the central Bosnian city of Banja Luka and six in the north-western town of Bosanska Gradiska.

The total number of confirmed cases in Bosnia is over 250 and the number of cured patients is five.