Bosnia and Herzegovina has seen another spike in new coronavirus infections on Friday, with a new daily record and 140 confirmed coronavirus infections, 87 in the Federation (FBiH) and 53 in Republika Srpska (RS), according to the healthcare authorities in both semi-autonomous regions. With three new fatalities, the country's death toll now stands at 178.

According to official statistics by the Civil Affairs Ministry, the country's coronavirus tally is 3,935 with 2,338 Covid-19 patients who have recovered to date.

The FBiH healthcare authorities have continued mass testing and performed 853 coronavirus tests over the last 24 hours with 87 positive outcomes. 51,668 tests have been performed in the FBiH since the epidemic outbreak.

To date, the region has confirmed 1,819 Covid-19 patients, with 1,022 of those who have recovered and 52 fatalities, three new since Thursday.

The RS healthcare authorities performed 386 lab tests over the last 24 hours, 35,684 since the epidemic outbreak.

With 53 new coronavirus infections, the region's coronavirus total is now 2,090. So far, 1,300 patients have recovered in RS and 121 died due to Covid-19.

Brcko District, a separate administrative unit in the north, has confirmed the total of 26 infections to date, of whom 16 have recovered and five have died.