COVID-19 pandemic in Bosnia and Herzegovina

The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Bosnia and Herzegovina on 5 March 2020 in Banja Luka, who had been in Italy during the COVID-19 pandemic. Later the same day, a second case who was the son of the first case.[1]

COVID-19 pandemic in Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Map of municipalities in Bosnia and Herzegovina with confirmed coronavirus cases (as of 18 July 2020)
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Confirmed coronavirus cases in Bosnia and Herzegovina (per 100k inhabitants)
DiseaseCOVID-19
LocationBosnia and Herzegovina
First outbreak
Index caseBanja Luka
Arrival date5 March 2020
(5 years, 10 months, 1 week and 5 days ago)
Confirmed cases20,892
Suspected casesundefined
Recovered13,354
Deaths
620
Government website
Suspected cases have not been confirmed as being due to this strain by laboratory tests, although some other strains may have been ruled out.

On 21 March 2020, the first death in the country from COVID-19 was announced in a hospital in Bihać. The patient was an elderly woman who had been hospitalized two days before.

As of 13 May 2020, in Bosnia and Herzegovina there were 2182 confirmed coronavirus cases, of which 1168 were in Republika Srpska,[2][3] 994 in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina,[4][5] and 20 in Brčko District.[6]

On 17 March 2020, the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina declared a state of emergency in all of Bosnia and Herzegovina.[7]

COVID-19 Pandemic In Bosnia And Herzegovina Media

References

  1. Bosnia confirms its first case of coronavirus. http://ba.n1info.com/English/NEWS/a414110/Bosnia-confirms-its-first-case-of-Coronavirus.html. 
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