Six people have died in Croatia in the past 24 hours as a consequence of the coronavirus and 234 new cases have been identified, bringing the total number of active cases to 2,100, the national Covid response team reported on Friday.

Currently, 280 patients are being treated for the new virus in hospitals, 21 of whom are on ventilators.

Since 25 February, when the first case of the disease was registered in Croatia, a total of 14,513 people have been infected with Covid-19 and 244 of them have died, while 12,169 have recovered, including 236 in the past 24 hours.

There are currently 8,938 people in self-isolation. A total of 249,023 people have been tested for the virus to date, including 6,137 in the past 24 hours.