Twenty patients died over the past 24 hours from the coronavirus epidemic, the Healthcare Ministry reported. Two of the patients were in their 30-ies. The rest were aged between 46 and 85. Strumica had four deaths, Skopje three, and Kumanovo, Prilep, Tetovo and Gostivar two each.

The Ministry also reported that 515 new cases were diagnosed, out of a total of 1,293 tests that were conducted. The relatively lower number of tests is due to the weekend. Of the total, 207 cases were diagnosed in the capital Skopje, while Stip and Kumanovo had 33 new cases each.