TIRANA, May 31 /ATA/ In recent weeks, Kosovo has recorded a decline in the number of victims and cases of COVID-19 infections.
The National Institute of Public Health of Kosovo (NIPHK) has announced that currently in the country there are 2 thousand 380 active cases of COVID-19.
Since March 13 of last year (2020) when the first two positive cases were reported, there are 107 thousand 405 citizens who have been infected with COVID-19.
As of March 22, 2020,2,243 people have died due to infection with the novel corona virus.
During the last 24 hours, in the Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology at NIPHK and private laboratories using the RT-PCR method, as well as in public and private laboratories using RAT method, a total of 2,120 samples taken from NHSKU and tracking of case contacts in the field were tested, of which 23 cases tested positive. No case of SARS CoV-2 deaths were reported within 24 hours. The total number of positive cases is 107,405 cases out of 609,350 people suspected of being infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus and 2,243 deaths. During the last 24 hours, 130 patients have recovered, putting the total number of cured cases to date at 102,782 cases, while the number of active cases is 2,380, ”according to same sources.
Positive cases are from the municipalities: Mitrovica 6 cases, Pristina 5 cases, Peja 2 cases, Vushtrri 2 cases and one case in the municipalities of Ferizaj, Fushë-Kosovë, Gjilan, Junik, Obiliq, Podujevë, Prizren and Shtime.
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