Pehar: 29 out of 750 tested positive

SARAJEVO, (Patria) - In the past 24 hours, a total of 750 people were tested in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, of which 29 tested positive for COVID-19, announced a member of the Federal Civil Protection Headquarters and Director of the Institute for Public Health of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Davor Pehar at a regular press conference.

"A total of 7,924 people have been tested so far in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with 663 confirmed cases of COVID-19. Slightly more cases are female. Herzegovina-Neretva Canton has 212 positive cases, Tuzla Canton 82, West Herzegovina Canton 69, Sarajevo Canton 87, Zenica-Doboj Canton 72, Una-Sana Canton 65, Central Bosnia Canton 30, Canton 10 29, Bosniak-Podrinje Canton 10, and Posavina Canton 3," he added.

According to him, a total of 90 people are hospitalized, and as of today, 61 patients have recovered.

"We have 26 deaths in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina linked to COVID-19. The age group most affected is those over 65 years of age. The measures implemented, with the help of citizens, have paid off, and we do not have major outbreaks," Pehar added.

"We will have data on mortality for March at the end of April, and then this data will be available for potential analysis," Pehar replied to a question about the number of deaths in March 2020 compared to the same month last year.

When asked how many municipalities have no coronavirus cases, Pehar said there are such municipalities, but the reasons can only be speculated.

Regarding the number of people being treated at home, Pehar answered that there are about 450.