In the past 24 hours 544 new coronavirus cases have been registered in Croatia and 12 COVID-19 patients have died, the national COVID response team said on Thursday.

Currently, there are 2,933 active cases, including 790 hospitalised patients, of whom 70 are on ventilators.

A total of 12,869 people are self-isolating.

To date, 1,327,769 people have been tested for the virus, including 6,433 in the past 24 hours.

Since 25 February 2020, when the new virus was first registered in Croatia, 241,592 people have been infected, of whom 5,489 have died.

A total of 233,170 people have recovered, including 278 in the past 24 hours.