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In the Croatian capital, Zagreb, one in three new coronavirus tests was positive, while the country’s previous peak in the number of new infections recorded in a single day has been reversed, according to a report from the crisis team on Thursday, writes MTI.
The panel reports that the number of infected people has risen by 2,776 in the last day to 43,775. Eighteen people died, bringing the death toll to 511. The hospital cares for 985 patients, 71 of whom are hooked up to a ventilator.
Davor bozinovic The interior minister, head of the crisis team, told the press that further tightening would be introduced depending on the evolution of the epidemic and the extent to which people were already complying with the existing ones.
The government expects the epidemic to peak in two to three weeks, and the number of infected people could reach 5-6,000 per day by then.
In neighboring Slovenia, the number of identified infections rose by 2,488 to 30,703 on Wednesday, according to data released by the government on Wednesday. Eight patients died, bringing the death toll to 286. Of the diagnosed patients, 660 are hospitalized, 109 of whom are treated in the intensive care unit.
In Slovenia, unlike Croatia, epidemiologists expect the number of infected and hospitalized people to decline from November 4, thanks to strict restrictions phased in from October 16, which the government is expected to extend on Thursday. at night. According to surveys, seven percent of the population, or one in 14 people in the country, has been infected since the epidemic began.
In Slovenia, non-essential shops, restaurants and hotels, as well as hairdressers and beauty salons and, with a few exceptions, kindergartens and dormitories, were closed for a week starting on Saturday. A night curfew went into effect last night and, starting Monday, educational institutions switched to distance education with the export of the lower grades of primary schools.
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