A total of 2,776 new cases of coronavirus infection have been confirmed in Croatia in the last 24 hours, the largest number in a single day since the outbreak of the epidemic, and 18 people have died, the national coronavirus response team reported on Thursday.

The number of active cases currently stands at 14,031, including 985 people being treated in hospitals for Covid-19. A total of 71 hospital patients are on ventilators.

Since February 25, when the first case was confirmed in the country, 43,775 people have tested for positive for the novel virus and 511 of them have died. A total of 29,233 infected persons have recovered, including 1,463 in the last 24 hours.

Currently, 21,592 people are in self-isolation. To date, 475,994 people have been tested for coronavirus, including 9,679 in the last 24 hours.