Worst day since pandemic started: 38 people died in 24 hours, 5,067 became ill, 216 on ventilators

A graph showing the coronavirus death toll in Serbia from March 20 until November 23; Illustration: Nikola Jovanovic

The number of people newly infected with coronavirus in Serbia today is slightly lower compared to previous days: There have been a total of 5,067 new cases, while 15,061 patients were tested.

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However, the percentage of those infected in relation to the number of tests performed (data for the last 24 hours) is still very high: about 34 percent.

Another 38 patients died, which is a single day record since the beginning of the pandemic, and thus the number of deaths increased to 1,237. However, a significant increase in the number of those infected leads to a decrease in the mortality rate, which is now 0.98 percent.

There are 216 patients on ventilators. There are 6,329 people in hospitals.

A graph showing the number of coronavirus cases in Serbia from March 6 until November 23; Illustration: Nikola Jovanovic

So far, 126,187 people have tested positive, while 1,638,709 have been tested. That means that since the beginning of the pandemic, 7.7 percent of the samples were positive.

Number of new cases by city

Belgrade 1,498

Novi Sad 426

Kragujevac 259

Nis 189

Kraljevo 127

Pansevo 126

Valjevo 124

Zrenjanin 85

Pozarevac 84

Smederevo 83

Kikinda 82

Subotica 79

Other towns have less than 70 each.

(Telegraf.rs)