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The Government of the Republic of Serbia

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Total number of coronavirus cases rises to 2,447

Belgrade, 7 April 2020

Deputy Director of the Institute of Public Health of Serbia "Dr Milan Jovanovic Batut" Darija Kisic Tepavcevic said today at a regular press conference at the Palace of Serbia that 247 newly infected coronavirus cases have been registered in Serbia since yesterday at 15.00.

Kisic Tepavcevic said that a total of 1,074 people were tested during the period, and that there have been three deaths due to coronavirus infection.

Two men and one woman have died in the last 24 hours, so the total death toll so far is 61, she added.

Kisic Tepavcevic said a total of 1,349 people were hospitalised, 108 of them on ventilators.

According to her, a total of 9,626 people who met the case definition criteria have been tested in our country so far, and the death rate due to coronavirus infection is 2.49%.

In total, 44 men and 17 women died, she said, stating that the average age of the deceased is 64.2 years of age.

Kisic Tepavcevic pointed out that in recent days we have a stable number of patients with coronavirus, with a slight decrease today, in a week when in some other countries there is a great increase in the number of patients.

This is an indication that we are on the right track, that we know what we are doing and that we are acting responsibly and conscientiously, she said.

Although this is a small, promising sign, we should now struggle because these numbers show that what we all do together is the basis of a real fight against this infection, she said.

Epidemiologist Predrag Kon pointed out that after three days we reached the maximum, which would last another ten days, and emphasised that in these two weeks the most restrictive measures planned so far should be implemented.

These are, he explained, all measures to prevent any contact in the coming weeks, because then the virus is the most aggressive and capable of transmitting over a huge number of people who are "reservoirs".

According to yesterday's data, 104 people were accommodated at the Belgrade Fairgrounds, while, according to the data, 64 patients were registered at the Cair Hall and 38 at the Novi Sad hospital, Kon said, pointing out that 8.3% of those infected are health workers.

Answering the question whether mass testing will be carried out as it was done at the Cardiovascular Diseases Institute "Dedinje", he stressed that the priority is to test health workers, but not all of them need to be tested, especially not those who were not in close contact with those infected.

The crisis response team will receive a list from all health care institutions who needs to be tested, he announced, noting that there are enough tests now.