A total of 261 new cases of the coronavirus infection have been reported in the past 24 hours, as have seven new fatalities, and there are 2,429 active cases of the infection, the national COVID-19 response team said on Saturday.

Among the active cases are 313 patients who are being treated in hospitals, including 24 who are on ventilators.

With the seven new fatalities, the COVID-19 death toll stands at 218.

Since February 25, when the first case of COVID-19 was registered in Croatia, 13,368 people have contracted the disease and of them, 10,721 have recovered.

Currently 8,955 people are self-isolating.

To date, 216,495 people have been tested for the virus, including 5,690 in the last 24 hours.