Bosnia sees significant decline in daily coronavirus cases for 2nd straight day

Anadoliija

For the second straight day, Bosnia and Herzegovina has recorded a significant drop in the number of daily coronavirus infections, with 62 positive coronavirus test outcomes -- 46 in the Federation (FBiH) and 16 in Republika Srpska (RS), the healthcare authorities of two semi-autonomous regions confirmed on Monday.

Bosnia's coronavirus death toll has increased to 199, with three more fatalities reported over the last 24 hours – two in RS and one in the FBiH.

The FBiH healthcare authorities have continued the mass testing and performed 688 lab tests since the last update, 61,222 since the epidemic outbreak.

To date, the region has confirmed 2,814 Covid-19 patients, of whom 1,197 have recovered and 63 died.

Over the last 24 hours, the RS healthcare authorities have performed 134 tests, 38,982 in total.

So far, the region has confirmed 2,609 infection cases with 1,380 patients who have recovered and 131 that died.

Brcko District, a separate administrative unit in the north, has reported 35 Covid-19 patients to date of which 20 have recovered and five died.

According to official statistics, the country's coronavirus total stands at 5,458 and 2,598 patients have recovered to this date.