Croatia has recorded 590 new coronavirus cases and six related deaths in the last 24 hours, the national Covid-19 response team reported on Friday morning.

The number of active cases currently stands at 3,609. Of them, 744 are receiving hospital treatment, including 76 who are on ventilators.

Since 25 February 2020, when the first case was confirmed in Croatia, 245,462 have contracted the novel virus, of whom 5,570 have died and 236,283 have recovered, including 533 in the last 24 hours.

A total of 14,812 people are in self-isolation.

To date, 1,373,877 people have been tested, including 5,429 in the last 24 hours.