In the past 24 hours, 34 new cases of the coronavirus have been identified in Croatia and there are currently 703 active cases in the country while four people have died, the national Covid response team said on Monday.

“In the past 24 hours there have bee 34 new cases of infection with the novel coronavirus and the current number of patients (active cases) in Croatia today stands at 703,” the response team reported.

One hundred and thirty patients are being treated in hospitals, six of whom are on ventilators. Four people have died.

Since 25 February 2020 when the first case was recorded in Croatia, there have been 5,294 cases of people infected with the coronavirus, 153 who have died and 4,4,38 who have recovered.

There are currently 2,520 people in self-isolation. A total of 122,083 have been tested for the virus to date and of that number 763 tests have been conducted in the past 24 hours, the response team informed.