One woman, age 76, died from COVID-19 in North Macedonia, bringing a total number of casualties to 45, Venlo Filipce, the Health Minister, said on Wednesday, the Beta news agency reported

He wrote on his Facebook profile that in the last 24 hours, 500 people were tested and 66 proved positive.

A total number of infected in the country was 974, and 831 were hospitalised, while 12 patients recovered at home, increasing the number of cured to 98.