Mon, 9 December, 2024

New 30 COVID-19 victims in North Macedonia, the death toll climbs over 3 500

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The Health Ministry of North Macedonia informs that according to the data provided by the Public Health Institute -PHI, in the past 24 hours, 1 682 tests were done and 457 new cases of COVID-19 were discovered.

Especially alarming is the death toll rise – in the last 24 hours, 30 new patient deaths were registered, 8 of them from the capital Skopje and 6 from Prilep, which is a city almost 9 times smaller than Skopje. With this tragic statistic, the number of the COVID-19 casualties in North Macedonia rose to 3 503.

In the 24-hour period behind us there were 700 recoveries.

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