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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.
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There are 659 coronavirus patients in Serbia, and two deaths have been reported.
"Today we have two dead, that's a total of 10," said Health Minister Zlatibor Loncar.
Loncar said the woman from the Clinic for Infectious Disesase and a man from Nis had died.
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The person was 48 years old and was staying at KBC Dragisa Misovic in Belgrade. In Serbia, three people died in one day, with a total of seven coronavirus victims.
"We expect that this week will be difficult, as well as next, there will be an increase in the number of infected, and there will be more deaths, we need to be aware of that", epidemiologist Branislav Tiodorovic said.
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One patient was K.S. (80), hospitalized at the KCS Infectious and Tropical Diseases Clinic and has been on the respirator for the past few days, and doctors had done their best during his treatment.
He was otherwise suffering from cardiomyopathy, had hypertension, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and diabetes mellitus.
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After Belgrade, these are Valjevo and Nis, and he announced new measures for the three cities.
He said he would be quarantined at the Belgrade Fair himself if found to be coronavirus positive. "What is not comfortable and beautiful does not interest me. It is important that we save lives," Vucic said during a statement from the Belgrade Fair Arena.
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Loncar told RTS that she had been a longtime diabetic patient and had passed away yesterday afternoon.
"She has been on a respirator since March 21, in severe shape. The doctors were fighting, but unfortunately they were unable to help," Loncar said.
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Health Minister Zlatibor Loncar said in the last 24 hours in Serbia, 94 people were tested, 54 tested positive, out of which 27 were kept in hospital.
"We have 21 patients who are on a respirator and they are with serious illnesses, which consider are at risk," Loncar said at a news conference at the Serbian government.
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He said at a regular press conference in the Serbian government that of the hospitalized, 11 were in Vojvodina CC, 17 in Nis, 9 in Kragujevac, 22 in Serbia, 57 in Dragisa Misovic and 9 at the Pulmonology Clinic.
"We have 16 on the respirator, two of them in Vojvodina, four in Nis, two in Kragujevac, eight at the Belgrade Infectious Disease Clinic", Kon said.
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"Novosti" states that it is outrageous to bid on which day most people will be ill, as every effort has been made to slow down the spread of the virus by introducing a state of emergency and curfew.
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He added that this is in line with the fact that we have failed to provide full discipline to reduce the vulnerability of our population.
"As of tomorrow morning from 10 am, it is absolutely forbidden to go out in the urban areas to anyone over 65 and in rural areas over 70," he said.