3 more people die from coronavirus in Serbia, death toll reaches 31 victims; 1,171 Serbians infected

New infections curve March 6- April 2; 111 in the last 24 hours; Illustration: Nikola Jovanovic; Photo: Tanjug/Rade Prelic/Dimitrije Nikolic

According to the latest data on Thursday afternoon, another 111 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Serbia over the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of infected persons to 1,171.

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Dr. Darija Kisic Tepavcevic announced today that three more people have lost their lives to the disease. So far, 31 people in Serbia have died from coronavirus.

Since the last report, until 3 pm today, samples taken from 637 individuals were tested, 111 of which came back positive and 536 negative for the new coronavirus.

By 3 pm on April 2, 2020, a total of 5,008 individuals who met a case definition criteria had been tested at the national reference laboratory of the Torlak Institute.

The press conference, which was first rescheduled for 6 pm and now for 3 pm - presenting information on the number of the newly ill and deceased persons had been canceled earlier in the day.

President Aleksandar Vucic is expected to address Serbians at 6 pm, following meetins of Crisis HQs.

Number of coronavirus deaths March 20 - April 2: 31; mortality rate: 2.65%; Illustration: Nikola Jovanovic; Photo: Tanjug/Rade Prelic/Dimitrije Nikolic

New measures in Serbia to be considered today, before the 24-hour curfew

"There are some other measures before a full ban on movement except going to the store and pharmacy on weekends, where we see that the situation is the worst in terms that we see that people going out - each weekend after April 6, the weather will get nicer, and we keep an eye on that."

"There are some other measures before the introduction of a 24-hour curfew, and we will discuss some of these today. People will be informed. It seems to me that as society we function better now. We said when we entered this fourth week that we needed iron discipline, we said that we must win this fight together and that is the discipline of society - personal responsibility, self-awareness, solidarity. Because we need to worry about who will need these ventilators tomorrow," PM Ana Brnabic said earlier as she spoke for RTS.

The best friend of the Serbian president has been among the coronavirus victims today.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic today received the sad news of his best childhood friend, 45-year-old V.B., being among the coronavirus victims.

(Telegraf.rs)