In the past 24 hours a record 3,603 coronavirus infections have been registered in Croatia and 56 Covid-19 patients have died, the national Covid response team said on Wednesday.

There are 20,691 active cases, including 2,136 hospitalised patients, 240 of whom are on ventilators.

Since February 25, when the first case was registered in Croatia, 111,617 persons have been positive for the novel coronavirus, 1,501 have died, and 89,425 have recovered, including 2,017 in the past 24 hours.

Currently 45,518 persons are self-isolating. To date, 702,242 persons have been tested for the virus, including 10,194 in the past 24 hours.