Serbia’s Health Ministry said on Friday there were three fatalities over the last 24 hours, and that out of 8,209 tested people, 579 were confirmed positive with the coronavirus.

The death toll stood at 786 with a mortality ratio at 2.06 percent.

Since the outbreak of the epidemic in March, 1,271,455 people were tested, and 38,115 were confirmed infected.

The official bulletin on Friday said 530 patients were hospitalised, and 24 of them on ventilators.