2,577 new COVID-19 cases in BiH, highest in a single day since the start of the pandemic

SARAJEVO, (Patria) - In the last 24 hours, 6,193 samples were tested for coronavirus in Bosnia and Herzegovina, of which 2,577 new infections were recorded, a record number of new cases since the start of the pandemic. 22 people died from the consequences of coronavirus infection in the last 24 hours.

In the past 24 hours, a total of 4,698 samples were reported to the Institute for Public Health of the Federation of BiH, of which 1,822 were positive for SARS-CoV-2. New cases were registered in all cantons of the Federation of BiH.

So far, a total of 1,088,137 samples have been tested, and SARS-CoV-2 has been confirmed in 199,316 people.

In the past 24 hours, seven (7) deaths were reported in the Federation of BiH, in the Central Bosnia, Zenica-Doboj, Tuzla and Sarajevo cantons. The total number of deaths in the Federation of BiH is 7,621.

In the Republika Srpska, 1,152 laboratory samples were tested in the last 24 hours, and SARS-CoV-2 was confirmed in 577 people.

In the last 24 hours, 13 deaths were reported to the Institute for Public Health of the Republika Srpska.

So far, 97,110 cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in the Republika Srpska, and a total of 5,607 people with a confirmed coronavirus test have died.

A total of 382,185 people have been tested in the Republika Srpska.

The total number of hospitalized patients in the Republika Srpska is 448, 185 in the University Clinical Center of the Republika Srpska, and 263 in other hospitals. 43 people are on ventilators, 30 in the University Clinical Center of the Republika Srpska, 13 in other hospitals.

In the Brčko District of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 343 samples were tested for coronavirus in the last 24 hours, of which 178 new infections were recorded. Two people died from the consequences of coronavirus infection in the last 24 hours in this part of BiH.