53 new cases of infection in RS, five of them healthcare workers

BANJA LUKA, (patria) - Since the last report on the epidemiological situation in the Republic of Srpska, in the last 24 hours, the Institute of Public Health of the Republic of Srpska and the University Clinical Centre of the Republic of Srpska tested 627 laboratory samples, and the new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) was confirmed in another 53 people in the Republic of Srpska.

According to place of residence, 26 people are from Banja Luka, 10 from Doboj, three each from Laktaši and Derventa, two each from Čelinac, Oštra Luka and Gradiška, and one each from Novi Grad, Srbac, Kneževo, Prnjavor and Teslić.

There are 20 males and 33 females. Nineteen women are middle-aged, four are younger, and ten are older. Five males are younger, six are middle-aged, and nine are older.

A total of 13 people are hospitalised, while the rest will be in isolation in accordance with defined procedures. A total of 23 people did not state an epidemiological link to a positive case, while the others reported contact with a positive person.

The coronavirus was confirmed in four nurses and one doctor at the University Clinical Centre of the Republic of Srpska. Another 73 workers of the University Clinical Centre of the Republic of Srpska were tested and these results are negative. As part of active surveillance in the past 24 hours, another 59 healthcare workers were tested, and their results are negative.

Also, a total of 19 people living and working in nursing homes were tested, and the new coronavirus was confirmed in three employees of a nursing home in Derventa and one female resident of a nursing home in Banja Luka.

Twenty-two republic inspectors were also tested, and their results are negative. A total of 69 people from local quarantine or isolation facilities were tested, and these results are also negative.

 So far, 820 cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in the Republic of Srpska, 34 people have died from COVID-19, and 381 people have recovered.

In the Republic of Srpska, a total of 13,026 tests for the new coronavirus have been performed so far.

At the University Clinical Centre of the Republic of Srpska, a total of 116 people are being treated with confirmed or suspected coronavirus. In the COVID-19 Department, 42 patients with a more severe clinical picture are hospitalised, while four patients are in isolation.

Five patients require respiratory support, and three are on non-invasive mechanical ventilation. In the Surgery Department (old location of the UCC) there are 15 patients with a mild to moderate clinical form, and in the Pulmonology Department (old location of the UCC) there are 48 patients with a mild to moderate clinical form.

At the "Sveti Apostol Luka" Hospital in Doboj, six patients with COVID-19 are being treated, at the Trebinje General Hospital 11, at the "Srbija" Hospital in East Sarajevo four, at the "Dr. Mladen Stojanović" Hospital in Prijedor five patients, and at the University Hospital in Foča four patients.

Regarding isolation facilities where people with confirmed tests for the new coronavirus but no symptoms of COVID-19 are located, there are 95 people at the "Nikola Tesla" Student Centre in Banja Luka, 32 at the Student Dormitory in Trebinje, one at the Student Home in Bijeljina, one at the Student Dormitory in East Sarajevo, and four at the Student Centre in Zvornik.

In the Republic of Srpska, 3,348 people are currently under health surveillance, and surveillance has been completed for 22,761 people.

At seven border crossings into the Republic of Srpska, a total of 131 people entered during 24 hours, 120 people left quarantine and were sent to local quarantines in municipalities, and currently a total of 19 people are in quarantine at seven border crossings.

The Ministry of Health and Social Protection of the Republic of Srpska once again reminds citizens to strictly adhere to the prescribed measures aimed at curbing the spread of the new coronavirus.