Bosnia's health authorities confirmed a record number of 92 new Covid-19 cases over the past 24 hours, along with three more fatalities. The total number of cases now stands at 1,677.

Health authorities in the Serb-majority part of the country, Republika Srpska (RS) discovered 59 new cases after testing 677 samples, along with one positive sample from Brcko District, entity Health Minister Alen Seranic said.

“Even though we only had two positive cases yesterday, today we're in a more unfavourable situation,” Seranic said adding that the virus was also confirmed in three doctors and one nurse working at the Banja Luka University Hospital.

Seranic said that 34 newly infected people deny or are unaware of being in contact with previously infected persons.

The Bosniak-Croat shared Federation (FBiH) entity recorded 33 new cases after testing 520 samples form Covid-19, the FBiH Crisis Staff reported.

According to them, the FBiH entity currently has 48 hospitalised patients, five of whom are connected to ventilators.

When it comes to the fatalities, the Banja Luka Hospital said that two of their male patients had died yesterday. The third fatality was recorded in the FBiH's Konjic town and the patient was said to be a woman who was part of the Igman Konjic cluster.

This cluster appeared after the Igman Konjic company celebrated their anniversary with some 200 guests where the patient zero was a guest from Serbia.

Bosnia's Civil Affairs Ministry said the total number of cases recorded in the country is 1,677, of which 710 people recovered and 65 had died.