Montenegro’s Public Health Institute said on Tuesday that eight people had died of coronavirus-related ailments over the previous 24 hours, bringing the total to 146 since the pandemic broke out.

It said that 749 people had been tested including 296 who tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus.  

There are 3,448 active cases in the country, it said and addded that a total of 9,138 cases had been confirmed since the start of the year.