TIRANA, Jan 19 /ATA/- 56,118 people have been infected with the novel coronavirus since March, when the first two positive cases were confirmed in Kosovo.
Until now 1,411 citizens have died due to COVID infection, while 49, 432 others have recovered.
Meanwhile, according to the latest report of the National Institute of Public Health of Kosovo (NIPHK), there are 5, 275 active cases in the country.
“During the last 24 hours, in the Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology at NIPHK and private laboratories using the RT-PCR method, a total of 1,377 samples taken from NHSKU and the tracking of case contacts in the field were tested, of which 267 ones turned out to be positive. In the last 24 hours, 1 case of SARS CoV-2 fatality was reported, from the municipality of Ferizaj (74 years old). The total number of positive cases is
56,118 out of 209,960 ones suspected of being infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus, whereas the total number of deaths is 1,411 deaths.
During the last 24 hours, 163 patients have recovered, putting the total number of cured cases at 49,432, while the number of active cases is 5,275, ” same sources say.
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