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Macedonia 16.10.20 | 20:09

Daily report shows slight decline of newly diagnosed patients – to 438 out of a total of 2,306 tests

The number of newly diagnosed coronavirus patients dropped to 438 today, from a high of 535 yesterday. The number of tests that were conducted to get this result is also slightly down by a hundred – to 2,306. This is the first daily report with a decline in the number of cases since the current...

Macedonia 15.10.20 | 19:02

Out of control: Healthcare Ministry reports record 535 infections in one day

The Healthcare Ministry was again postponing the publication of the daily coronavirus report and it fell to First Deputy Prime Minister Artan Grubi to reveal that there are record 535 newly infected patients registered in the past 24 hours. Shortly after Grubi made the revelation for TV24, the Ministry...

Macedonia 14.10.20 | 19:45

Anxiety grows and rumors spread as the Healthcare Ministry failed to publish its daily coronavirus report

In a highly unusual move, the Healthcare Ministry still hasn’t published its daily report on coronavirus deaths and infections. Usually the report is published in the early afternoon. Macedonia is in the midst of a major new spike in the epidemic, with numbers of newly infected patients pushing...

Macedonia 11.10.20 | 18:59

Even with a greatly reduced number of tests, almost 400 new coronavirus cases were diagnosed in the past 24 hours

Even with a greatly reduced number of tests (1,648) compared to yesterday (2,464), the number of newly diagnosed coronavirus patients remained just below 400. A total of 383 tests came back as positive, indicating that the major spike in new cases is nowhere near its plateau. The Healthcare Ministry...

Macedonia 10.10.20 | 19:34

Daily infection toll approaches 400

The number of newly infected patients over the past 24 hours rose to 393. That is the fourth day in a row that the report represented a dark record and also only the fourth time there were over 300 newly diagnosed patients in one day. The result was determined from a total of 2,464 tests. As usual, nearly...

Macedonia 10.10.20 | 11:14

Over 2,000 new infections in a week – as many as Minister Filipce assured the public would be the total toll of the epidemic

With dismal infection rates for three days in a row, the opposition VMRO-DPMNE party called out Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce for grossly misjudging the threat of the pandemic. In the early stages, Filipce confidently predicted that the number of infections would peak at 2,000. Macedonia has now...

Macedonia 09.10.20 | 15:42

Each day is worse than the one before – 386 new coronavirus cases reported

For a third day in a row, a new daily record in the number of new infections was set. A total of 386 new cases were diagnosed over the past 24 hours, out of a total of 2,267 tests. This pushes the total number of infections during the course of the epidemic over 20,000. About half of the new cases were...

Macedonia 08.10.20 | 15:52

Each day brings a new grim record – 364 new patients diagnosed in one day

For a second day in a row Macedonia has seen a record number of newly infected patients. After the 317 newly diagnosed patients recorded yesterday, today the Healthcare Ministry reported that 364 tests came back positive during the past 24 hours. Earlier worst daily reports were below 250 new patients....

Macedonia 07.10.20 | 15:51

Worst infection spike of the epidemic – 317 patients diagnosed in one day

The Healthcare Ministry revealed that the number of newly infected patients over the past 24 hours has reached 317 – the worst daily toll of the epidemic so far. This out of a total of 1,990 tests that were administered. Previously, the worst daily toll was 243 new patients. Four patients have...

Macedonia 05.10.20 | 14:51

Four patients die of Covid-19, testing shows major increase in infections among young people

Four patients died of Covid-19 over the past 24 hours. The patients were aged between 62 and 88 and their deaths bring the toll of the epidemic up to 760. Given the weekend, relatively few tests were conducted – only 539 people were tested and 83 tests came back positive. Of them, 34 were in Skopje,...

Macedonia 02.10.20 | 20:53

Macedonia has by far the most coronavirus deaths in the entire region

The six coronavirus deaths reported over the past 24 hours raised the total death toll of the epidemic to 749. With 350 deaths per million, Macedonia remains the worst performer in the Balkans in terms of Covid-19 deaths. Only Bosnia comes close with its 250 deaths per million. All other countries in...

Macedonia 27.09.20 | 21:47

Daily report: Three Covid-19 deaths and 148 newly diagnosed patients

Three patients died of Covid-19 during the past 24 hours, and 148 coronavirus tests came back positive – out of a total of 1,224 tests that were conducted. The deceased patients are from Prilep (62), Kocani (87) and Gostivar (64). Their deaths bring the total toll of the epidemic to 725. The newly...

Macedonia 26.09.20 | 16:59

Death toll rises to 722 as Macedonia remains worst performer in managing the epidemic in the region

After nine patients were reported to have died of Covid-19 on Friday, the Healthcare Ministry informed one 79 year man from Skopje died in the past 24 hours. This brings the total death toll of the epidemic to 722. The Ministry also counted 141 new cases, out of 1,559 tests that were conducted. The distribution...

Macedonia 23.09.20 | 15:49

Five deaths and 183 newly diagnosed patients over the past 24 hours

Five more patients died of the coronavirus epidemic during the past 24 hours. The deaths were reported in Skopje, Debar, Kriva Palanka, Radovis and Kocani, and the patients were aged 51 to 71. All were hospitalized at the time of the deaths. This brings the total death toll of the epidemic to 710. The...

Macedonia 06.09.20 | 17:22

Three coronavirus deaths, number of newly infected falls below 100

Three patients died of the coronavirus over the past 24 hours, while the number of newly infected patients dropped below 100. There were 92 positive out of 997 tests conducted in this period, most of them in Skopje (17) and strangely, in the small city of Delcevo (13). The deceased patients are a 41...

Macedonia 05.09.20 | 16:53

Five patients died of Covid-19

Five patients died of Covid-19 over the past 24 hours, bringing the total death toll of the epidemic to 614. The deceased patients were a woman from Kumanovo (61), a man from Stip (81), two men from Gostivar (76 and 81) and a man from Prilep (53). There were 1,574 tests conducted over the past 24 hours...

Macedonia 04.09.20 | 16:44

Three patients died of Covid-19 over the past 24 hours

Three patients died of Covid-19 over the past 24 hours, the Healthcare Ministry informed. The deceased patients are a 61 year old man from Skopje, a 64 year old man from Kicevo and a 70 year old woman from Makedonski Brod. This brings the total death toll of the epidemic to 609. There were also 109 newly...

Macedonia 03.09.20 | 15:29

No deaths reported, 166 new coronavirus cases found out of 1,756 tests

The daily coronavirus report contains no deaths from the illness, and 166 newly diagnosed cases. The new cases were found in 1,756 tests – most of them were in Skopje (46) and Kumanovo (17). The number of active cases is estimated at 2,191, indicating a continued decline. The most active cases...

Macedonia 02.09.20 | 17:04

Two deaths and 145 newly infected patients over the past 24 hours

Two patients died of Covid-19 and 145 citizens were newly diagnosed with the infection over the past 24 hours. The Healthcare Ministry informed that the deceased patients are from Debar (67) and Struga (48). Their deaths bring the total death toll of the epidemic to 606. The 145 newly infected cases...

Macedonia 01.09.20 | 16:50

After two days of unusually low results, the number of newly infected patients spikes over 100 again

The number of newly diagnosed patients shot up to 115 today, after two days of unusually low testing and diagnosis reports. There were only 11 newly diagnosed cases yesterday out of just 450 tests, which rose suspicions in the public given that for weeks the number was above 100. The Healthcare Ministry...

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