In the past 24 hours, 144 new cases of the coronavirus were detected in Croatia and two people have died, while the number of active cases is 1,894, the national civil protection authority said on Tuesday.

A total of 278 patients are in hospital treatment, with 24 on ventilators.

In the past 24 hours, 250 people have recovered and 5,165 have been tested, while there are 9,822 in self-isolation at the moment.

Since 25 February when the first case of the disease was detected in Croatia, there have been a total of 15,136 cases of the coronavirus registered, 255 of the patients have died, and a total of 12,987 people have recovered.

To date a total of 267,297 tests for Covid-19 have been conducted.