Over the past 24 hours, Croatia has registered 3,059 new cases of the coronavirus infection and 43 related deaths, the national Covid-19 response team said on Friday.

The number of active cases now stands at 16,746, there are 1,620 Covid patients in hospitals, and 179 of them are on ventilators.

Since February 25, when Croatia registered its first coronavirus infection, a total of 78,978 people have contracted the novel coronavirus, 968 of them have died and 61,264 have recovered, including 2,615 in the last 24 hours.

There are currently 38,585 people in self-isolation.

To date, 601,743 people have been tested for coronavirus, including 9,417 in the last 24 hours.

The Covid-19 response team has introduced additional epidemiological restrictions for several communities in Split-Dalmatia County.