7 months ago there was one, today there are 120 new cases, 47% of those in Belgrade; One person dies

A graph showing the number of coronavirus cases in Serbia from March 6 until October 6; Illustration: Nikola Jovanovic

In the last 24 hours in Serbia coronavirus was confirmed in 120 people, while one patient died during the same period of time.

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7,076 more people got tested, of which 1.70 percent were positive.

Currently 19 Covid-19 patients breathe with the help of ventilators, one less than yesterday.

Today once again, the majority of new cases were recorded in Belgrade - 57, amounting to as much as 47 percent.

In Vranje, Nis and Kragujevac each, seven people were diagnosed with coronavirus in the last 24 hours, four in Novi Sad, three in Prijepolje, Krusevac and Sremska Mitrovica each, two in Merosin and Trstenik each; there have been either one or no new infections in others cities and municipalities.

1,166,882 people have been tested for coronavirus in Serbia so far, while the virus has been confirmed in 34,072 of them.

Today marks exactly 7 months since the first case of coronavirus was confirmed in Serbia, on March 6.

A graph showing the coronavirus death toll in Serbia from March 20 until October 6; Illustration: Nikola Jovanovic

Covid has so far taken 757 lives in our country.

Seven months of coronavirus in Serbia

In these seven months, we've had  one wave of the epidemic with two peaks that have come and gone, and epidemiologists says that the third peak will begin in November.

Currently, most new cases discovered on a daily basis are in Belgrade, accounting, in the last five day, for two thirds of all newly confirmed cases out of the total number published each day.

Members of the Crisis HQ for the fight against coronavirus will hold a session tomorrow at 11 am, with the only topic being the current epidemiological situation.

Compared to other countries in the region, but also elsewhere in Europe, the situation in Serbia is the best, but professionals and health authorities call for caution, because that can change at any moment.

Namely, Serbia has had 13.83 new cases per 100,000 inhabitants over the past two weeks.

Apart from the countries in the region, that is better than in Germany that's had  18.4 cases per 100,000 people, Finland with 15.5, Cyprus with 14.6 and Norway with 13.9, which are all not on the list of critical countries.

(Telegraf.rs)