August 19, 2020 — In the past 24 hours, Croatia reported 219 new COVID-19 cases. There are currently 1,520 active cases. Two have died. There are 5,459 people in self-isolation.
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Current COVID-19 Data
219 – New cases
1,520 – Active cases
122 – Treated in hospitals
11 – On ventilators
2 – Deceased
68 – Recovered
1,653 – Tested
5,459 – In self-isolation
Cumulative COVID-19 Data
7,074 – Total cases (since 25.02.20)
5,386 – Total recovered
168 – Total deceased
142,124 – Total tested
Neighboring Countries New & Active COVID-19 Cases
UPDATED: Daily at 20:30 CET
Italy – 642 New | 15,360 Active
Austria – 255 New | 2,397 Active
Slovenia – 37 New | 285 Active
Hungary – 32 New | 728 Active
Bosnia and Herzegovina – 340 New | 5,473 Active
Serbia – 158 New | 1,662 Active
Montenegro – 42 New | 967 Active
COVID-19 Case Count by Croatia County
(Updates provided by Index)
Bjelovar-Bilogora – 3
Brod-Posavina – 5
Dubrovnik-Neretva – 9
Istria – 3 | 1 deceased
Karlovac – 15
Koprivnica-Križevci – 3
Krapina-Zagorje – 2
Lika-Senj – 2
Medimurje – 0
Osijek-Baranja – 15
Pozega-Slavonia – 0
Primorje-Gorski Kotar – 4
Sisak-Moslovina – 0
Split-Dalmatia – 66
Sibenik-Knin – 24
Varazdin – 6
Virovitica-Podravina – 2
Vukovar-Srijem – 3
Zadar – 20
Zagreb County – 7
Zagreb City – 47
County Daily COVID-19 Reports
(Updates provided by Index)
13:52 – Dubrovnik-Neretva County – 9
21 – Active cases
0 – Treated in hospitals
8 – Deceased
3 – Recovered
7710 – Tested (since 25.02.20)
323 – In self-isolation
Case Breakdown: Two men and one woman from Dubrovnik. One man and one woman are contacts of infected people. Two women from Ston are also positive for COVID-19.
Three men from Metković, two of whom were likely infected outside the county, and one woman from Zagreb who is currently residing in Dubrovnik and was in contact with a known case. Also, 3 people recovered, one each from Korčula, Ploče and Dubrovnik.
In the last 24 hours no self-isolation violations have been reported. Since the beginning of the pandemic, a total of 57 cases of self-isolation violations have been identified.
13:08 – Virovitica-Podravina County – 2
5 – Active cases
1 – Deceased
Case Breakdown: High school girl and a young woman. Both have mild symptoms and are being treated at home.
13:01 – “In Split, most of the new cases are related to night clubs and young people socializing. In Imotski, they are connected to young people, baptisms and weddings. We don’t have data from the gathering in Sinj yet. It’s too early. We asked people who were infected from Sinj if they had been to Alka and two said they were,” Karin confirmed.
13:00 – Lawyer Lozica for Index: Yes, I am infected and am in self-isolation.
“Yes, I have a COVID-19 and am in self-isolation,” lawyer Pero Lozica confirmed in an interview with Index. Lozica claims he became infected four days after a birthday party which was on August 6.
“I am responsible. The birthday party and the way I got infected are not connected,” Lozica told Index.
Singer Nina Badrić posted a photo on her Instagram this weekend. She is posing with Minister of Health Vilija Beroš and his wife. On August 6, Badrić sang at a birthday party for Pero Lozica, a former water polo player and entrepreneur, at his beach bar Moro on the island of Stupa, across from Korčula. Minister Beroš said in a statement for Index that Nina Badrić was not detected as a contact, that she is not in self-isolation and that he believed that he was not personally endangered.
12:41 – “It is possible that we will have a new record today. But that is expected. Thirty-five percent are contacts and are already in self-isolation. Twenty-five percent are related to nightclubs,” Vili Beros explained.
12:20 – Karlovačka County – 15
29 – Active cases
2 – Treated in hospitals
146 – Total cases (since 25.02.20)
2 – Deceased
141 – Tested (22 in Ogulin)
187 – In self-isolation
Case Breakdown: 9 are men and 6 are women and they are mostly young people. Nine people had been in contact with infected people and were in self-isolation, 5 people returned from vacation, and one person is asymptomatic. Ten (10) people are from Karlovac, 2 from Ribnik and 3 from Rakovica.
The county received information that a second COVID-19 test for a child who went abroad for surgery was negative. The original test was false positive.
Yesterday Inspections Report: 5 restaurants, 2 bakeries, 1 shop, 1 bank. Two verbal warnings were issued (for 1 restaurant and 1 bakery).
12:17 – Šibenik-Knin County – 24
108 – Active cases
5 – Treated in hospitals
5 – Deceased
51 – Tested
408 – In self-isolation
Case Breakdown: Twenty-two new cases have residence in Šibenik-Knin County: Šibenik 11, Knin 4, Vodice 3, Bilice 2, and 1 person each in Pirovac and Drniš.
Two new patients are staying in the county, but their residence is in Zagreb. Most of the new patients are contacts of patients and were already in self-isolation.
There are currently 408 people under health surveillance and self-isolation measures: 403 people are contacts of patients; 5 contacted the epidemiologist after they entered Croatia from third countries.
12:14 – “The number will be big today,” Krunoslav Capak told N1 . “Most are in Zagreb, where people have returned from vacations. There are still 120 hospitalized, which is a good number,” he added. “Tourism continues, and there are still 700,000 to 800,000 people on the coast, and our indicators suggest about 5 million people in the country,” he added.
11:47 – Zagrebačka County – 7
81 – Active cases
326 – Total cases (since 25.02.20)
11 – Deceased
4 – Recovered
234 – Recovered (since 25.02.20)
11:43 – Zadarska County – 20
55 – Active cases
2 – Deceased
Most of the new infections are family contacts.
Case Breakdown: Zadar (12) and one case each in Biograd, Pag, Nin, Stankovci and Sv. Filip i Jakov, while locations are being confirmed for three people.
11:39 – Šibenik.in reports that there is an unusually large crowd in front of the tent for COVID-19 tests today. Most are foreign nationals who must return to their countries with a negative COVID-19 test.
11:35 – Osijek-Baranja County – 15
67 – Active cases
23 – Treated in hospitals
4 – On ventilators
21 – Deceased
257 – Tested
24 – New in self-isolation
274 – Total in self-isolation
Case Breakdown: Most (10) new patients reside in Osijek, three are from Đakovo, and one each in Našice and Beli Manastir. More than 60 people took the test at their own request at the Osijek Clinical Hospital. They covered the cost of testing out-of-pocket.
The police did not receive any reports from citizens about self-isolation violations, and in 35 self-initiated checks, everyone was found at their reported addresses.
Yesterday, inspectors conducted 28 preventive and advisory inspections for compliance with COVID-19 measures in shops, stores, restaurants, bakeries and other facilities. They issued two verbal warnings for the identified irregularities (not wearing protective masks and gloves).
11:29 – Krapina-Zagorje County – 2
15 – Active cases
173 – Total cases (since 25.02.20)
2 – Deceased
20 – Total Recovered (since 25.02.20)
4,999 – Total Tested (since 25.02.20)
67 – In self-isolation
One of the new patients returned from vacation, the County Civil Headquarters reported. Krapina-Zagorje County currently has 10 patients per 100,000 inhabitants, while the Croatian average is 33, said Gordana Popijač Cesar, an epidemiologist from the Public Health Institute of Krapina-Zagorje County.
11:24 – Split-Dalmatia County – 66
317 – Active cases
14 – Treated in hospitals
1 – On ventilators
47 – Deceased
576 – Tested
1109 – In self-isolation
Case Breakdown: from Split 18, Imotski 13, Zmijavac 3, Lovreć 3, Proložac 1, Podbablje 2, Makarska 7, Tučepi 1, Podstrana 2, Solin 1, Kaštela 6, Sinj 2, Hrvaca 1, Trilj 2, Hvar 3 and Runovići 1 person.
Twenty-six (26) are contacts of infected people, while the other newly infected persons are being epidemiologically treated.
11:10 – Index readers from Zadar are complaining that they had to wait in the heat to get tested, despite the fact that they had a referrals and appointments. In Ravnica at 10:30, where tests are administered, the mobile ambulance was empty. People had to wait in 30 degree heat for someone to finally show up.
11:04 – City of Zagreb – 47
450 – Active cases
23 – Deceased
9 – Recovered
684 – Tested
959 – In self-isolation
“Twenty contacts have symptoms, 13 returned from vacation, for 9 the anamnesis is unknown, 6 are being processed. We have recorded a slightly higher number of contact with positive people, and, we urge everyone to reduce contact with family members upon return from vacation,” stated Sandra Šikić from Zagreb.
11:00 – Brod-Posavina County – 5
56 – Active cases
235 – Total cases (since 25.02.20)
3 – Deceased
221 – In self-isolation
10:54 – Koprivnica-Križevci County – 3
5 – Active cases
111 – Total cases (since 25.02.20)
16 – Deceased
35 – Tested
13 – In self-isolation
The two young people are from Koprivnica and Đurđevac and have developed mild symptoms after returning from vacation. One person, a citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina, lives and works in the County. One person is being treated in the Split – Dalmatia County.
10:42 – Lika-Senj County – 2
8 – Active cases
39 – Total cases (since 25.02.20)
1 – Deceased
30 – Total Recovered (since 25.02.20)
27 – Tested
39 – In self-isolation
The new cases are from Novalja and Perušić. Epidemiological contact processing is underway. To date, COVID-19 infections have been confirmed with two foreign nationals residing in the county.
10:31 – Primorje-Gorski Kotar – 4 new
37 – Active cases
1 – Deceased
155 – Recovered (since 25.02.20)
Case Breakdown: There are two people who returned from vacation and a married couple from Kosovo. There are no infections among the tested foreign tourists who stayed in the county.
10:00 – Varaždin County – 6
23 – Active cases
89 – Total cases (since 25.02.20)
3 – Treated in hospitals
3 – Deceased
89 – In self-isolation
Case Breakdown: A 70-year-old woman who was exposed during a summer vacation in Šibenik, and is currently in isolation at home. Three people in their thirties are contacts of infected patients, have mild symptoms and are being treated at home. They were already in self-isolation.
A 60-year-old man, a close family contact of an infected person, is currently asymptomatic. A minor, exposed during summer vacation on Pag, has mild symptoms and is being treated at home.
An additional 13 cases have been attributed to the county due to their official registered places of residence.
9:33 – Istarska County – 3 new | 1 deceased
23 – Active cases
1 – Deceased
1 – Recovered
343 – Tested (176 for administrative purposes)
133 – In self-isolation
Two people were already in self-isolation and are close contacts of a positive person. For one person, epidemiological processing is underway.
Unfortunately, one COVID-19 positive person, born in 1936, died at Pula General Hospital. According to initial reports, there are no risky contacts among healthcare professionals.
9:25 – Bjelovar-Bilogora County – 3
5 – Active cases
0 – Deceased
31 – Tested
9:15 – Vukovar-Srijem County – 3
67 – Active cases
7 – Deceased
Case Breakdown: 2 from Vinkovci and 1 from Markušica.
9:14 – Sisak-Moslavina County – 0
23 – Active cases
0 – Deceased
8:34 – Požega-Slavonia County – 0
13 – Active cases
2 – Treated in hospitals
1 – Deceased
164 – Tested
4554 – Total tested (since 25.02.20)
66 – In self-isolation
8:10 – Minister of Tourism and Sports Nikolina Brnjac said that she expects that Austria could change its mind after they put Croatia on the epidemiological red list.
Austrians returning from vacation in Croatia must either show a current negative test or be tested within 48 hours.
Two-week quarantines for travelers from Croatia were previously introduced by Ireland and Norway, and Italy has ordered mandatory testing for everyone.
About 160,000 Slovenes are currently vacationing in Croatia. In Ljubljana, they believe that at least a third of infected returnees spent their summers in our country. The Slovenian government has announced that the deadline for their citizens to return from Croatia without going to quarantine will likely be Saturday or Sunday at midnight. However, the government has yet to make a final decision.
(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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