Bosnia records 39 new Covid-19 cases and 4 deaths, tally now at 2,026

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Bosnian health authorities reported 39 new cases of Covid-19 over the past 24 hours – 28 from the Bosnian Serb-dominated Republika Srpska (RS) entity and 11 from the Bosniak-Croat shared Federation (FBiH) entity. Apart from this number, there were also 4 fatalities, four in the RS, 1 in the FBiH.

The RS health officials said they tested 519 samples for the new coronavirus, of which 28 came back positive.

So far, the entity confirmed 1,043 cases of the new coronavirus, of which 53 had died and 391 recovered.

They say that 15,988 people have been tested for the presence of coronavirus in this entity, since the beginning of the pandemic in the country.

The FBiH health authorities said they tested 706 samples over the past 24 hours, 11 of which came back positive for Covid-19.
The Health Ministry's Crisis Staff said a total of 21,187 people have been tested in this entity since the outbreak of the pandemic in the country. Of that number, 864 came back positive.

To date, 530 patients recovered from the disease. Entity health authorities reported 34 Covid-19-related fatalities.

When it comes to virus-related fatalities, three persons have died in the Banja Luka University Hospital and one in Mostar Clinical Centre. All patients were elderly men with pre-existing chronic diseases.

The state Civil Affairs Ministry said that the total number of confirmed cases now stands at 2,026, 954 people recovered and 90 had died as a result