Serbia’s Crisis Team said on Thursday that in the last 24 hours six people died, two men and four women from COVID-19, increasing the total number of victims to 179 since the outbreak of the pandemic in the country on March 6, N1 reported.

At the same time, there were 1,343 recovered patients.

The Team said that 6,703 people were tested in the last 24 hours, and 285 patients were infected with the coronavirus until 3 pm on Wednesday.

A total of confirmed coronavirus cases was 9,009 among 85,645 tested.

To date, 2,479 COVID-19 patients are being treated in hospitals, including 71 who are on respirators.

In Belgrade, the situation slightly worsen and out of 1,843 tested 90 were positive, higher than in previous days. However, it is still bellowing five percent of those infected among the tested.