Croatia daily COVID-19 infections exceed 1,000 for first … – Thomson Reuters Foundation

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ZAGREB, Oct 16 (Reuters) – Croatia reported 1,131 COVID-19 cases on Friday, the first time the Adriatic country of four million people has exceeded 1,000 infections a day.
In the last 10 days the number of new cases has accelerated from about 300 a day to reach 793 on Thursday, part of a surge in infections across Europe with the approach of winter.
The country, which depends heavily on tourism, tightened measures to fight the disease this week by making face mas…

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