Serbia now has 222 coronavirus cases, curfew in effect between 5 pm and 5 am

N1 / Darko Popović

By 6 pm on Sunday, a total of 222 COVID-19 cases were confirmed in Serbia, the Ministry of Health said on its covid19.rs. website.

This is a dramatic increase compared to the situation in the morning when the country had 188 confirmed cases.

Of the 61 people tested throughout the day, 34 came out positive for COVID-19. 

Of those, 21 of them were hospitalised but have not experienced any complications and their condition is stable.

The Torlak Institute has performed a total of 761 tests for the coronavirus until now.

Serbia already had two coronavirus-related deaths since the virus entered the country.

Meanwhile, the Government extended the curfew it introduced to contain the virus and it is now in effect between 5 pm and 5 am.