Over the last 24 hours, five people died in North Macedonia from complications caused by COVID-19 disease, and out of 1,542 tested, 142 were confirmed infected, according to the country’s Health Ministry statement on Friday.

It added the death toll stood at 642, while the total of 12,994 patients recovered.

Since the outbreak of the epidemic, out of 163,132 tested people, 15,555 have been confirmed positive on the coronavirus.