COVID-19 pandemic in Croatia
2020 CE.
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The COVID-19 pandemic in Croatia has resulted in 1,371,705 confirmed cases and 18,806 deaths. The first case in Croatia was reported in Zagreb on 25 February 2020, involving a patient who had recently travelled from Italy and tested positive for COVID-19. On the same day, the second case related to the first one was confirmed. In March 2020, a cluster of cases were reported in numerous Croatian cities. On 12 March, the first recovery was reported, and on 18 March, the first death from the virus was confirmed. The pandemic in Croatia occurred during the Croatian Presidency of the Council of the European Union. On 22 March 2020, Zagreb, the capital of Croatia, was hit by the strongest earthquake in 140 years, causing problems in the enforcement of social distancing measures set out by the Croatian government, as the country engaged in a period of lockdown in the later part of the first half of 2020. On 5 July 2020, a parliamentary election was held in the country. On 16 May 2021, local elections were held in the country.
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