Quarter of Croatia’s adult population fully vaccinated

ZAGREB, 20 June (Hina) – The Croatian Public Health Institute (HZJZ) said on Saturday that a quarter of Croatia’s adult population has been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. 

“A total of 875,503 persons have received two vaccine doses and another 18,769 have received the single required dose of the Jannsen vaccine,” the HZJZ said on its website, noting that 894,272 people, which is 22 percent of the total population and 26.6 percent of the adult population, have been fully vaccinated.

The highest first-dose vaccination coverage rate was achieved in Zagreb – 41.4 percent of the total population and 50.3 percent of the adult population, while the highest full vaccination coverage rate was achieved in Krapina-Zagorje County – 30.3 percent of the total population and 36.3 percent of the adult population, HZJZ director Krunoslav Capak said.

New cases

In the past 24 hours, 58 coronavirus cases and five deaths have been registered in Croatia, the national COVID-19 crisis management team said on Sunday.

There are 597 active cases, including 288 hospitalised patients, 25 of whom are on ventilators, while 3,868 persons are self-isolating.

Croatia has registered 359,173 coronavirus cases to date, including 8,174 deaths and 350,402 recoveries, of which 122 in the past 24 hours.

To date 2,110,485 persons have been tested for the virus, including 4,340 in the past 24 hours.