ZAGREB, July 16, 2020 – There are currently 1,204 people in Croatia diagnosed with coronavirus, and of them, 132 are receiving hospital treatment, including five on ventilators, Health Minister Vili Beros told the government on Thursday morning.
In recent weeks, 12 people have died (due to COVID-related complications), he said explaining that a majority of them had significant underlying health conditions or were patients of high age.
The percentage of tests returned positive is 4.05% and the median age of people diagnosed with this infection is 47 years.
Beros said that in the past week no new hot spot appeared, and all newly-diagnosed cases were from the hotspots identified before.
There are currently 23 clinics designated for suspect cases concerning the COVID-19 epidemic in all the 10 counties.