TIRANA, Jan 23 /ATA/- As many as 57,317 citizens in Kosovo have been infected with COVID-19 since March 13, when the first two positive cases were reported.
According to the report of the National Institute of Public Health of Kosovo (NIPHK), 1 thousand 447 citizens have lost their lives to COVID-19 infection in the country.
There are currently 5,383 active cases of COVID-19.
During the last 24 hours, in the Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology at NIPHK and private laboratories using the RT-PCR method, a total of 1,468 samples taken from NUHSK and tracking of case contacts in the field were tested, of which 289 tested positive. In the last 24 hours, 14 deaths were reported due to SARS CoV-2 infection.
Death cases are from the municipalities: Pristina 5 cases (78, 74, 65, 62, 56 years old), Gjilan 1 case (77 years old), Istog 1 case (86 years old), Malisheva 1 case (81 years old), Peja 1 case (47 years old), Prizren 1 case (88 years old), Shtime 1 case (80 years old), Suhareka 1 case (80 years old), Viti 1 case (71 years old), Vushtrri 1 case (54 years old). The total number of positive cases to date is 57,317 cases out of 216,409 suspected of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and 1,447 deaths. During the last 24 hours, 303 patients have recovered, putting the total number of cured cases to date at 50,487, while the number of active cases is 5,383, ” sources from NIPHK report.
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