Health Minister Venko Filipce expects about 2,000-2,500 people to be infected with the coronavirus during the peak of the outbreak. He urged citizens to be disciplined, to avoid gatherings and abide by the protective measures.
However, Macedonia is again with devastating results on the lists that make statistics on infected and deaths from the coronavirus.
Among the countries in the region, only Slovenia has worse numbers, according to the latest figures.
According to the number of deaths due to coronavirus per million inhabitants, Macedonia has 23 cases, while Slovenia has 29. All other countries have a lower numbers.
19 deaths per 1 million inhabitants were registered in Turkey, in Bosnia and Herzegovina 13, Serbia 12, and Greece 10.
Albania and Croatia are countries with 9 deaths caused by COVID-19 per million inhabitants, and Montenegro and Bulgaria with 6 deaths each.
Infected people per 1 million inhabitants:
Turkey 880
Slovenia 610
Serbia 609
Macedonia 519
Montenegro 482
Croatia 436
BiH 356
Greece 212
Albania 180
Bulgaria 119
Tests of 1 million inhabitants:
Slovenia 18344
Montenegro 6168
Turkey 6144
Macedonia 5002
Croatia 4910
Greece 4871
BiH 4494
Serbia 3373
Bulgaria 2663
Albania 1677
