August 17, 2020 — In the past 24 hours, Croatia reported 85 new COVID-19 cases. There are currently 1,236 active cases. No one has died. There are 4,516 people in self-isolation.
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Current COVID-19 Data
85 – New cases
1,236 – Active cases
126 – Treated in hospitals
11 – On ventilators
0 – Deceased
24 – Recovered
990 – Tested
4,516 – In self-isolation
Cumulative COVID-19 Data
6,656 – Total cases (since 25.02.20)
5,254 – Total recovered
166 – Total deceased
138,647 – Total tested
Neighboring Countries New & Active COVID-19 Cases
UPDATED: Daily at 20:30 CET
Italy – 320 New | 14,867 Active
Austria – 164 New | 2,040 Active
Slovenia – 13 New | 248 Active
Hungary – 30 New | 708 Active
Bosnia and Herzegovina – 310 New | 5,769 Active
Serbia – 100 New | 1,897 Active
Montenegro – 50 New | 1,019 Active
COVID-19 Case Count by Croatia County
(Updates provided by Index)
Bjelovarsko-Bilogorska (Bjelovar-Bilogora) – 0
Brodsko-Posavska (Brod-Posavina) – 7
Dubrovacko-Neretvanska (Dubrovnik-Neretva) – 0
Grad Zagreb (Zagreb City) – 45
Istarska (Istria) – 1
Karlovacka (Karlovac) – 0
Koprivnicko-Krizevacka (Koprivnica-Križevci) – 0
Krapinsko-Zagorski (Krapina-Zagorje) –
Licko-Senjska (Lika-Senj) – 0
Medimurska (Medimurje) – 4
Osjecko-Baranjska (Osijek-Baranja) – 6
Pozesko-Slavonska (Pozega-Slavonia) – 0
Primorsko-Goranska (Kvarner) – 2
Sisacko-Moslavacka (Sisak-Moslovina) – 0
Splitsko-Dalmatinska (Split-Dalmatia) – 29
Sibensko-Kninska (Sibenik-Knin) – 1
Varazdinska (Varazdin) – 1
Viroviticko-Podravska (Virovitica-Podravina) – 0
Vukovarsko-Srijemska (Vukovar-Srijem) – 0
Zadarska (Zadar) – 4
Zagrebacka (Zagreb County) – 5
County Daily COVID-19 Reports
(Updates provided by Index)
13:05 – Dubrovnik-Neretva County – 0 new
21 – Active cases
0 – Treated in hospitals
7,423 – Total tested since 25.02.20
301 – In self-isolation
A young woman residing in Zagreb, who was confirmed to have COVID-19 on August 15 and was staying in Dubrovnik, left the county today.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, 57 self-isolation violations have been recorded.
13:02 – Međimurska County – 4 new
11 – Active cases
78 – Tested
2590 – Tested since 25.02.20
There is still no local transmission since the new cases were infected during the holidays or are foreign citizens on temporary work in Croatia. Of the two people tested, one is a citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina with a temporary residence in another county, and the other is in the phase of resolving his residence status.
Međimurje remains without local transmissions of COVID 19 and has the lowest incidence per 100,000 inhabitants in Croatia.
12:44 – Varaždinska County – 1
16 – Active cases
82 – Total cases since 25.02.20
2 – Treated in hospitals
63 – In self-isolation
This is a young man with a moderate symptoms, and he is being treated at home. The source of infection is unknown.
Since the beginning of the epidemic, 82 infected people have been registered in Varaždin County. And 13 cases are attributed to the county due to patients’ registered place of residence.
12:44 – Primorsko-goranska – 2
29 – Active cases
153 – Total recovered since 25.02.20
“As we have already reported, the Institute of Public Health has published on its website application for people who want to be tested on their own request (PCR test). This also applies to tourists staying in this area, and instructions are published in English, Italian and German. Everything about the testing procedure can be found on the website here,” they add.
12:32 – Koprivnica-Križevci – 0 new
– Active cases
– Treated in hospitals
– On ventilators
– Deceased
– Recovered
– Tested
– In self-isolation
For the sixth day in a row, there are no new cases of COVID-19 disease. The Civil Protection Headquarters of Koprivnica-Križevci County informs the public that for the sixth day in a row there are no registered new cases of COVID-19 disease in the County. Currently, one case of a person undergoing home treatment is active and one person is in self-isolation. Since the beginning of the epidemic, a total of 108 cases of COVID-19 have been reported.
12:14 City of Zagreb – 45 new ones
309 – Active cases
23 – Deceased
485 – Tested
74 – New in self-isolation
Of the 45 new cases, 20 are contacts of positive people, 14 are returnees from vacations, three cases were imported from Austria and Bosnia and Herzegovina, for 6 people the epidemiological treatment is still ongoing, and for two it is not known where they became infected.
12:03 – Šibenik-Knin County – 1
86 – Active cases
3 – Treated in hospitals
383 – In self-isolation
The new case is a middle-aged male man, with no symptoms, residing in Kistanje. Also, a young man with a registered address in Primošten, whose residence is in Zagreb, became positive.
There are currently 86 active cases in the county, two of which are employees of the Šibenik-Knin County General Hospital, and became infected outside the hospital.
Currently, 383 people are under health supervision and in self-isolation: 377 people are contacts of patients; 6 people contacted the competent epidemiologist when they entered Croatia from third countries.
11:49 – Karlovac County – 0
25 – Active cases
124 – Total cases since 25.02.20
45 – Tested (20 in Ogulin)
120 – In self-isolation
There have been no self-isolation violations. Karlovac County Inspection for August 16: 2 restaurants, 1 bakery, 1 gathering of more than 100 participants. An oral warning was issued for one facility (bakery), and notes were made for the others.
11:46 – Zagrebačka County – 5
66 – Active cases
307 – Total cases since 25.02.20
11 – Deceased
230 – Recovered since 25.02.20
11:37 – Osijek-Baranja County – 6
86 – Active cases
684 – Total cases since 25.02.20
26 – Treated in hospitals
5 – On ventilators
22 – Deceased
576 – Recovered since 25.02.20
157 – Tested
23 – New in self-isolation
275 – Total current self-isolation
Four new cases are from Osijek, and one each from Našice and Darda. At Osijek Clinical Hospital, four patients are from the Vukovar-Srijem County and one from the Osijek-Baranja County.
11:06 – Split-Dalmatia County – 29
272 – Active cases
14 – Treated in hospitals
1 – On ventilators
47 – Deceased since 25.02.20
– Recovered
165 – Tested
906 – In self-isolation
Case Breakdown: From Split 8, Imotski 2, Runovića 1, Proložac , Kaštela 1, Makarska 10, Sinj 1, Trilja 1, Tučepi 1 and Solin 1. Also, 1 person from Zagreb and one person from Dubrovnik-Neretva County who were tested in Split.
Eight new cases 8 are contacts of infected, while the others are being epidemiologically treated.
10:43 – Lika-Senj County – 0
6 – Active cases
36 – Total cases since 25.02.20
1 – Deceased since 25.02.20
29 – Total recovered since 25.02.20
1 – Tested
40 – In self-isolation
10:28 – Brod-Posavina County – 7
43 – Active cases
219 – Total cases since 25.02.20
3 – Deceased since 25.02.20
158 – In self-isolation
10:26 – Virovitica-Podravina County – 0
3 – Active cases
1 – Deceased since 25.02.20
26 – Tested
10:12 – “Today the number (of confirmed COVID-19 infections) will be slightly lower, less than 100, as less were tested over the weekend. We will see the numbers tomorrow. We anticipate that the numbers will jump due to the large number of tourists.”
In Sweden, the system is a little different. We have some restrictions, but in Sweden everything was relaxed. Restaurants, cafes, schools functioned normally … and we have a new normal, but we have some restrictions. I urge everyone to adhere to the measures,” Capak said.
About requirements to wear masks?
“We have made it a requirement to wear masks in some areas. People on streets will not necessarily have to wear masks, but in places where close encounters cannot be avoided it is possible that we will require people to wear masks outside. “Capak said.
About Testing Tourists
“This began as initiative so that tourists who have to have a test when returning to their home country can take it in Croatia. Primorsko-Goranska County organized testing on Cres and Lošinj. We are talking to tourist boards to enable testing elsewhere, and it may extend the season,” said Capak on N1.
“We used the R0 factor occasionally when there was interest in it. There are other indicators, like the number of new cases. It jumped and is now 1.74 for the last four days. We also use prediction models that tell us whether will the numbers will fall.”
“Exponential growth means you’ve added a coefficient to a number, and 2 is the lowest you can use. We still don’t have exponential growth,” Capak claims.
About 50 Foreign Infected Tourists in Croatia
“We have communicated with the Austrians in several ways: mainly through our embassy. As for Slovenia, I am in very close contact with their public health institute. Croatia will not go red until it reaches 40 infected per 100,000 for a 14 day period.
We have a slightly larger number of tourists who are infected here — about 50 of them. They are staying here, but we will have more accurate information throughout the day. “
10:01 – Zadarska County – 4
45 – Active cases
2 – Deceased since 25.02.20
The new cases are all family contacts of infected people.
9:41 – Požega-Slavonia County – 0
11 – Active cases
1 – Deceased since 25.02.20
4,232 – Tested since 25.02.20
41 – In self-isolation
9:40 – A member of the parliamentary guard is positive for COVID-19, the Media Service of the Croatian Parliament reported.
9:26 – Bjelovarsko-Bilogorska County- 0
5 – Active cases
0 – Deceased since 25.02.20
Bjelovar-Bilogora County is among those with the lowest number of active cases of COVID-19 infection in Croatia.
9:13 – Vukovarsko-Srijemska – 0
78 – Active cases
7 – Deceased since 25.02.20
8:51 – Sisak-Moslavina County – 0
13 – Active cases
0 – Deceased since 25.02.20
8:48 – As autumn and winter approach, that is, which is a time period when people will increasingly stay indoors, it is possible that the Headquarters will introduce much stricter measures than those in force during the summer and tourist season.
8:46 Istarska County – 1 new
17 – Active cases
11 – Deceased since 25.02.20
1 – Recovered
118 – Tested
138 – In self-isolation
The new COVID-19 patient was already in self-isolation and is a close contact of a positive person.
8:33 – Professor Kolarić, Head of the public health service and epidemiologist for the government’s Scientific Council on COVID-19, was a guest on N1. “Certainly we are not happy with the numbers. We have all relaxed a little (regarding safety measures). In general we have an increase, fortunately the new cases are all young people who experience milder symptoms. We do not have an exponential case increase yet, but the number of new infections warns us that we must do something to reduce that growth,” he explained.
I was skeptical about opening nightclubs because it’s hard to prevent contact in those spaces. I believe that these shortening of working hours will bring a slightly smaller number.
It is not just an issue of people being in close contact but it is a matter of whether or not they have COVID-19. If people are in close contact at 1 meter for more than 15 minutes it can be dangerous. If people didn’t wear masks in churches, we’ll see (the results) in the next week or two — and whether there will be more infected people.”
“It is important to reduce the number of newly infected. Currently the higher number of infected people does not affect us as much because mostly young people are infected,” he added.
“The average age is now around 30, in April it was over 50. We know that age is the one factor which most affects the severity of symptoms. I think the primary reason that there are currently few patients with severe symptoms is that mostly young people have become infected. We we still don’t know how much this disease has an impact on health in the long run and that’s why we don’t need to consider any kind of mass infection.
Certainly, some kind of immunity develops when a person becomes infected, but we do not know how long that protection lasts,” Kolarić explained.
In places where we cannot keep an appropriate distance outside, we recommend wearing masks, said Kolarić.
I will not predict what will happen in schools. Anything is possible with or without masks, it all depends on the situation, he commented regarding the upcoming school year.
“In the fall, we will have the problem of parallel COVID-19 and flu infections, and sometimes it will be difficult to differentiate the two. We plan to obtain more doses of the flu vaccine this year compared to previous years,” said Kolarić.
7:40 – Croatia has been on the list of high-risk countries for Austria since midnight.
Therefore, all travelers from Croatia, and Austrians, returning from vacations from Croatia must show a negative PCR test for COVID-19, which must be done within the last 72 hours, or they must go into a ten-day home self-isolation and be tested within 48 hours after entering the country. No test is required for transit through the country.
(Updates provided by Index)
European Union COVID-19 Statistics
Information on the COVID-19 situation and maps can be found on the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control website here. Note that number of reported cases correlates with testing, which varies among countries. More details to follow.
Croatia Health Updates & COVID-19 Tracking
Croatian Institute of Public Health (daily updates at 15:00 CET in Croatian) here.
Koronavirus.hr (daily updates at 14:00 CET in English) here, Facebook here, Twitter here and YouTube here.
CroatiaCovid19.info launched by HUT (Croatian Tourism Association) updates COVID-19 cases by region here.
World Live Updates
CNN updates can be found here.
The Guardian updates are here.
Al Jazeera updates are available here.
World Statistics & Pandemic Information
Johns Hopkins international map tracking spread of COVID-19 here.
Worldometers spreadsheets and charts here.
World Health Organization (WHO) updates here.
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