11 more new Covid-19 cases in Croatia reported on Friday
- by croatiaweek
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Health Minister Vili Beros (Photo: HINA/ Daniel KASAP/ dk / POOL)
ZAGREB, June 19 (Hina) – There were 11 new COVID-19 cases reported in Croatia in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of cases to 2,280.
The new cases were reported in Grad Zagreb (5) and Split-Dalmatia (5) and Zagreb (1) counties.
There were no new COVID-19-related fatalities reported in the last 24 hours. The current death toll stands at 107. There have been 2,142 recoveries to date.
Currently, there are 31 active cases in Croatia. There are 8 people in hospital with no patients currently on a ventilator. There are 303 people in self-isolation.
Since late February, Croatia has conducted 71,814 tests, including 820 in the last 24 hours.
Minister of Economy, Entrepreneurship and Crafts Darko Horvat said on Friday that Croatia could not allow another lockdown similar to the one in the past three months as there were no financial resources for that nor would the state budget be able to withstand it.
“In mid-February when that threat migrated to Croatia I said: Smartly, intelligently and patiently! Certain categories of Croatian society should perhaps be moved away in a slightly different way, intelligently and smartly, from the threat called coronavirus,” Horvat said commenting on the increased number of new cases of COVID-19.
He underscored that care needs to be taken especially of children in kindergartens, schools and the elderly in aged care facilities.
“I am certain that the past three to four months have taught us how to use disinfectants, how to keep social distance and perhaps by applying these measures a little more radically, we can provide an opportunity for the economy to function even with the threat of coronavirus and for the state budget to be filled at a certain rate,” he said.
Horvat added that public services have to continue functioning regardless of the threat that affects not only Croatia but the entire neighbourhood and that caution is required to prevent any hotspot being transferred to Croatia.
