Over the past 24 hours 146 new coronavirus cases have been registered in Croatia and two persons have died, Health Minister Vili Beros said on Monday.

Currently there are 2,650 active Covid-19 cases in the country.

Since the outbreak of the virus in Croatia in February, 10,270 persons have shown to be positive for the virus and 167,250 have been tested, including 1,591 in the past 24 hours, Beros said at a press conference of the national Covid response team.

Twenty-eight persons have been hospitalised in the past 24 hours, he said, adding that 14 patients were on ventilators.

To date 7,434 persons have recovered from the virus, including five discharged from hospital in the past 24 hours, Beros said.