Twenty-one new Covid-19 patients have been recorded in Bosnia and Herzegovina over the past 24 hours, ten in Federation (FBiH) and 11 in Republika Srpska (RS), healthcare authorities of both Bosnia's semi-autonomous regions confirmed on Monday.

According to the official statistics by Bosnia's Ministry of Civil Affairs that is updated every day by 1 pm, the country's tally now stands at 1,309, with 49 fatalities and 381 recovered patients.

With a total of 416 new samples in the past 24 hours, the Federation has so far tested nearly 10,000 of its residents. The total of confirmed patients in this part of the country by Monday noon was 739, with 594 active and 115 recovered cases. Thirty patients have died as a result of the coronavirus infection.

Republika Srpska, on the other hand, has so far tested 7,872 of its residents and confirmed the total of 545 infections with the novel coronavirus. 262 patients have recovered and 17 died.

Brcko District in the north has registered 18 coronavirus infections on its territory.

After weeks of precautionary measures to prevent the virus spread on the whole country's territory, which included the restricted movement of the persons aged below 18 and above 65, wearing of face masks and gloves, curfew hours and others, the authorities have announced they might gradually lift or alleviate some of the measures in the upcoming weeks.