In the last 24 hour, of 1,740 tests performed for coronavirus, 255, that is 14.6%, have returned positive, and 55 COVID patients have died, Croatia's COVID-19 crisis management team stated on Saturday.

The death toll stands now at 4,016.

There are currently 6,946 active cases, including 2,437 hospitalised patients, of whom 219 are placed on respirators.

A total of 20,585 people are self-isolating.

Since the start of the epidemic in late February, 212,262 people have been infected with the novel virus, and 201,300 have recovered, including 1,480 in the last 24 hours.

As many as 1.02 million test have been conducted.