New 160 infected, total 1060 infected, five more deaths of COVID-19, total 28 deaths

Deputy Director of the Batut Institute Darija Kisic Tepavcevic said that 160 newly infected coronavirus cases were recorded in Serbia.
She said 640 patients were hospitalized and there were 72 patients on the respirator.
"We have 5 more deaths, the total number of deaths is 28," she said, adding that all who died in the last 24 hours are men with an average age of 61.2 years.
She stated that 21 men and seven women have died from the disease so far, and that the total mortality to date is 2.64 percent.
There are a total of 72 people on respirators: 10 at the Infectious Disease Clinic of the Clinical Hospital of Serbia, 1 person at the Clinical Hospital Nis at the Infectious Clinic, 6 in Clinical Hospital Center of Vojvodina, 9 in Clinical Hospital Kraguejvac, 15 in "Dragisa Misovic", 9 in the Clinic for Pulmonology of the Clinical Hospital of Serbia and 12 in Clinical Hospital Nis in the Old Surgery Building and 10 in Clinical Center Zemun.
Kisic Tepavcevic announced that more intensive testing would be carried out in the next few days in order to prevent further spread of the disease as soon as possible.
"The numbers relentlessly show us where we are and how much we have allowed this disease to spread. We will have more meetings tomorrow and see if it is possible to further prevent the spread of the disease," she concluded.
She responded to a journalist's question, explaining that Crisis Staff did send a text message to citizens to reach those who do not follow the news.
"The goal was to get people who have not been informed and understood the gravity of the situation, to get it seriously this way," she said.
According to her, it is certain that there will be no city in Serbia that will be spared, in case there...

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