“In the past 24 hours, we have 9 new cases of COVID-19 in Croatia, which means the total number of people who have been infected is 2,039 in the Republic of Croatia,” stated the Health Minister, Vili Beros, at today’s press conference of the National Civil Protection Headquarters. He added that unfortunately four people have died and on a positive note that a total of 1,166 people have made a full recovery.

The trend of new cases in Croatia is certainly on a downward slide and in the height of the pandemic there were never more than 100 new cases in one 24-hour period. However, as the first relaxation of the COVID-19 measures was released today it remains to be seen if the number of cases will increase.

Minister Davor Bozinovic said the first information from the field showed that everyone was working without major perceived deficiencies during the first day of loosening the measures, and what was eventually identified as a deficiency was immediately resolved.