COVID in BiH: 40 people died, 2,601 new infections registered in the last 24 hours

SARAJEVO, (Patria) - In the past 24 hours, another 2,601 cases of coronavirus infection were registered in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Of that number, 1,839 were newly infected in the Federation of BiH, 573 in the Republic of Srpska and 189 in the Brčko District.

In the last 24 hours, 40 people died as a result of the infection, of which 22 in the Federation of BiH, 16 in the Republic of Srpska and two in the Brčko District. Another nine deaths were reported retroactively in the Federation of BiH.

In the Federation of BiH 1,839 new infections, 22 people died

In the past 24 hours, a total of 3,926 samples were reported to the Institute for Public Health of the Federation of BiH, of which 1,839 were positive for SARS-CoV-2.

New cases were registered in all cantons.

So far, a total of 1,138,189 samples have been tested, and SARS-CoV-2 has been confirmed in 221,564 people.

In the past 24 hours, 22 deaths were reported in the Federation of BiH, in the Herzegovina-Neretva, West Herzegovina, Zenica-Doboj, Posavina, Central Bosnia, Tuzla, Sarajevo Canton and Canton 10, while nine deaths were reported retroactively.

The total number of deaths in the Federation of BiH is 7,920.

In the Republic of Srpska another 573 infected persons and 16 deaths

In the last 24 hours, the Institute for Public Health of the Republic of Srpska, the University Clinical Center of the Republic of Srpska, the University Hospital in Foča and the hospitals Sv. Vračevi in Bijeljina and Sv. apostol Luka in Doboj tested 1,126 laboratory samples, and the new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) was confirmed in 573 people.

There are 259 men and 314 women, of whom 65 are younger, 314 middle-aged and 194 elderly.

According to place of residence, 109 people are from Banja Luka, 90 from Trebinje, 68 from Bijeljina, 26 from Gacko, 21 from Nevesinje, 20 from Gradiška, 17 from Zvornik, 16 each from Bileća, Doboj and Kneževo, 14 from Prnjavor, 13 each from Kozarska Dubica, Šipovo and Foča, 12 from Laktaši, 10 from Mrkonjić Grad, eight each from Brod, Modriča and Novo Goražde, seven each from Pelagićevo and Šamac, six each from Prijedor, Srbac and Teslić, five from Kotor Varoš, four each from Bratunac, Lopare, Milići, Ugljevik and Šekovići, three from Rudo, two each from Derventa, Ljubinje and Čajniče, and one person each from Berkovići, Višegrad, Vlasenica, Jezero, Kalinovik, Kostajnica, Novo Grad, Pale and Čelinac.

In the last 24 hours, 16 deaths were reported to the Institute for Public Health of the Republic of Srpska. There are eight men and eight women, middle-aged and elderly, of whom five are from Banja Luka, two from Novo Grad and one each from Brod, Doboj, Gradiška, Kozarska Dubica, Ljubinje, Pale, Prijedor, Prnjavor and Stanari.

So far, 104,726 cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in the Republic of Srpska, and a total of 5,778 people who tested positive for the coronavirus have died.

A total of 396,610 people have been tested.

The total number of hospitalized in the Republic of Srpska is 798, 317 in the University Clinical Center of the Republic of Srpska, and 481 in other hospitals. 71 people are on respirators, 35 in the University Clinical Center of the Republic of Srpska and 36 in other hospitals.

In the Brčko District 189 new infections

In the Brčko District, 189 new cases of coronavirus infection were registered today. Two people died as a result of the infection.