Over the past 24 hours, Bosnian health authorities recorded 19 new cases of Covid-19 – 14 in the Serb-dominated Republika Srpska (RS) entity and five in Bosniak-Croat shared Federation (FBiH) entity, along with one death at the RS clinical Centre in Banja Luka.

After testing 328 samples, the RS University Hospital confirmed the presence of coronavirus in 14 samples – eight men and six women.

So far, this entity confirmed 1,292 cases of coronavirus, of which 93 had died. The entity Health Ministry said that 658 patients had recovered from the disease and that they tested 22,006 persons for coronavirus since the outbreak of the pandemic.

When it comes to the FBiH entity, the Health Ministry there said they tested 900 samples and confirmed only 5 new infections.

This entity had tested 30,712 samples for coronavirus since the beginning of the pandemic in the country, of which 1,009 came back positive.

To date, the Ministry said 848 patients have recovered from the disease and 37 had died.

When it comes to the fatality, the Banja Luka University Hospital said a male patient in his late 80s had died last night, adding that he suffered from multiple chronic diseases, as well.

The state Civil Affairs Ministry said that the total number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in the country is now 2,321.

Of this number, 1,292 were recorded in the RS and 1,009 in FBiH. The ministry said that 1,522 people have thus far recovered and 134 had died as a result of Covid-19.