udbina in lika-senj county was put into quarantine. on 12 april, 66 new cases were confirmed, including twelve patients of a nursing home in ploče. two new deaths were reported; a man and a woman from zagreb. the number of patients on ventilators increased to 34, while fifty recovered. the number of infected medical workers increased to 212. third week on 13 april, fifty new cases were confirmed, increasing the number of infected to 1,650. six new cases were confirmed in a nursing home in dubrovnik and four new cases were confirmed in a nursing home in makarska. two new deaths were reported in split. the number of patients on ventilators remained 34. 27 patients were confirmed to have been recovered. on 14 april, 54 new cases were reported. the number of patients on ventilators did not change, while fifteen recovered. however, six patients died, making it a 24-hour record. the victims included a 60-year-old man from zagreb, a 69-year-old woman from rijeka, an 85-year-old woman from split, a 79-year-old man from a nursing home in dicmo and two people, aged 81 and 74, from dubrovnik. the civil protection headquarters stated that a continuous decrease in new cases for several days in a row was necessary to relax the measures. the same day, vice-president of the european commission dubravka šuica confirmed that the conference on the future of europe, set to be held on 9 may in dubrovnik, was postponed to september at the earliest. on 15 april, 37 new cases were confirmed. the number of patients on ventilators decreased to 31, while the number of recovered patients increased to 473. two new deaths were reported; a 98-year-old woman "with much comorbidity" and a 73-year-old man from zagreb. on 16 april, fifty new cases were confirmed, bringing the total number of recorded cases to 1,791. the number of patients on ventilators remained the same, while 56 recovered. two new deaths were reported; a 74-year-old woman and a 78-year-old man from dubrovnik and zagreb. director capak also stated that the tourism industry would not be the same as before the pandemic, and questioned letting foreign passengers enter the country depending on the epidemiological situation in the countries they come from. on 17 april, 23 new cases were reported. the number of patients on ventilators decreased to 30, while the number of recovered increased to 600. one death was reported; a 46-year-old woman in osijek who was chronically ill previously. on 18 april, eighteen new cases were confirmed. three deaths were reported; two in split and one in zagreb. the number of recovered patients increased to 615. civil protection headquarters made a decision the same day to prolong the measures until 4 may. on same day media also reported that biologists at university hospital for infectious diseases "dr. fran mihaljević" in zagreb successfully isolated sars-cov-2 sample and sent it off to germany for further testing. on 19 april, 39 new cases were reported. eight deaths were confirmed, six of whom were patients on ventilators. 23 remained on ventilators. the director of the public health department of istria county aleksandar stojanović confirmed that a citizen of albania, who lost his life in an accident working on a house in špadići near poreč two days prior, had been positive for the virus. fourth week on 20 april, ten new cases were confirmed. the number of patients on ventilators decreased to eighteen while the number of recovered patients increased to 771. no deaths were recorded. on 21 april, 27 new cases were reported. the number of patients on ventilators did not change, while thirty recovered. one death was recorded; an 88-year-old woman from zagreb. on 22 april, 42 new cases were recorded while 68 recovered. no deaths were reported. the new outbreak of the virus was recorded in a nursing home in koprivnica, whose thirteen patients and three employees tested positive. on 23 april, 31 new cases were confirmed. the number of recovered reached 883, while the number of deaths hit fifty; two new deaths were recorded in split. on 24 april, 28 new cases were confirmed while 99 recovered, making it the first time that the number of recovered was higher than the number of new cases. 21 patients were on ventilators. one death was recorded; a 92-year-old woman from split. on 25 april, seven new cases were confirmed. the number of patients on ventilators remained unchanged, while the number of recovered increased by 52 to 1,034. three deaths were confirmed; two in zagreb and one in split, all three of whom had been chronic patients. on 26 april, fourteen new cases were reported. the number of patients on ventilators increased by two to 23, while 69 recovered. 55th death was confirmed, in split. fifth week graffiti saying "i hate corona" in zagreb. on 27 april, nine new cases were reported. the number of patients on ventilators increased to 29, while the number of recovered increased to 1,166. four people died. the same day, by the decision of civil protection headquarters, the first phase of measure relaxation began. shops, apart from malls, began with work in split shifts, except on sundays and public holidays. the citizens could start using public transportation again. on 28 april, eight new cases were reported. the number of patients on ventilators decreased to 21 and the number of recovered increased to 1,232. four people died; two in koprivnica and two in split. on 29 april, fifteen new cases were confirmed. civil protection headquarters warned about the virus outbreak in clinical hospital centre split, where six nurses and one cleaning lady had gotten infected. the number of patients on ventilators decreased to nineteen. 56 recovered and four died. on 30 april, fourteen new cases were reported. the number of patients of ventilators increased to 20, while 60 recovered. two people died in osijek and dubrovnik, respectively. first week covid-19 tent with "high risk of disease" caption in front of hospital in čakovec on 1 may, nine new cases were reported, all of whom in split. four of them had family ties with the previously infected, while four of them were medical workers. it was confirmed that the virus outbreak in the split nursing home on 7 april was not the result of human error. the number of patients on ventilators decreased to nineteen and 73 recovered, while six people died. on 2 may, three new cases were confirmed; from split, knin and osijek. the number of recovered increased to 1,463, while the number of patients on ventilators decreased to seventeen. two people died in split and zagreb, respectively. minister beroš confirmed all infected from istria county had recovered. on 3 may, eight new cases were confirmed, one of whom was a nurse from split. the number of patients on ventilators increased to nineteen, while 26 recovered. two deaths were recorded. second week on 4 may, the second phase of measures relaxation began by gradual reactivation of the healthcare system that was remodelled for emergency response only due to the pandemic. businesses such as barber shops, hair salons and pedicure salons started working again. the same day, five new cases were reported. the number of patients on ventilators decreased to fifteen, while the number of recovered increased to 1,522. one death in split was confirmed. furthermore, arena zagreb, that was prepared for reception of lighter cases on 20 march, was unfurnished after having been unused. on 5 may, eleven new cases were confirmed. the number of patients on ventilators decreased to fourteen, while 38 recovered. three deaths were recorded; a 91-year-old in split, a 94-year-old in koprivnica and an 84-year-old in dubrovnik. on 6 may, seven new cases were reported. the number of patients on ventilators did not change, while the number of recovered increased to 1,601. two new deaths were confirmed. on 7 may, six new cases were reported. forty recoveries and one death were confirmed; a 74-year-old. one new case was reported on the island of brač, a patient who was in contact with "a lot of people", resulting in forty samples taken. the same day, driving schools began with work again. on 8 may, 36 new cases were reported, 22 of whom on brač. the number of patients on ventilators was fifteen, while no deaths were recorded. 48 patients recovered. minister božinović announced that brač might enter quarantine. mayor of supetar ivana marković called for civil protection headquarters of split-dalmatia county's sacking. the same day, međimurje county reported no active cases after all eight patients had recovered. on 9 may, fifteen new cases were confirmed. the number of patients on ventilators decreased to thirteen, while the number of recovered increased to 1,726. in osijek, one death was recorded; a 70-year-old man who was chronically ill and on a ventilator. regarding the situation on brač, the civil protection headquarters reached a consensus about fourteen-days-long quarantine on the island, banning the locals from leaving their places of residence. on 10 may, eleven new cases were confirmed. the number of patients on ventilators did not change, while 38 recovered. three deaths were reported, all in koprivnica. third week on 11 may, nine new cases were reported. the number of patients on ventilators decreased to twelve, while twenty recovered. one death in koprivnica was recorded; an 84-year-old. director capak sparked controversy after he stated that the upcoming parliamentary election could be held without major problems and that citizens in self-isolation would be able to go to the polls wearing a mask as the only protection. the same day, croatia opened its borders and relieved passengers who enter the country from the obligation of fourteen-days-long self-isolation. on 12 may, eleven new cases were reported. the number of patients on ventilators decreased to eleven, while 24 recovered. no deaths were recorded. new cases were reported in istria county and požega-slavonia county, who were previously considered "coronafree". director capak confirmed that a new source of infection was a flight from frankfurt that landed in the country on 2 may. twelve passengers out of 74 were infected, causing the civil protection headquarters to locate the rest of the passengers and their contacts. the same day, a scandal occurred in clinical hospital centre split where identities of two elderly female patients, one of whom died, were mistaken. the deceased patient was mistaken for the alive one and was buried under the name of the alive one, in the alive patient's hometown of grude. subsequently, the director of clinical hospital centre split julije meštrović resigned. on 13 may, six new cases were reported. the number of patients on ventilators decreased to nine, while 26 recovered. three deaths were confirmed; an 83-year-old man in zagreb, an 84-year-old woman in koprivnica and a 93-year-old woman in split. civil protection headquarters announced that all passengers from the flight from frankfurt had been located. on 14 may, eight new cases were confirmed. sixteen patients recovered and no patients died. the number of patients on ventilators decreased to seven. vukovar-syrmia county was confirmed to be "coronafree" after all recorded cases there had recovered. on 15 may, one new case was recorded. the number of recovered increased by nineteen, while the number of patients on ventilators increased to eight. one death was confirmed, a 97-year-old woman in split. on 16 may, two new cases were confirmed. the number of recovered patients increased by 44 to 1,913. the number of patients on ventilators increased to nine. no deaths were recorded. on 17 may, two new cases were confirmed, in koprivnica and split, respectively. the number of recovered patients increased by 23 to 1,936. the number of patients on ventilators increased to ten, while no deaths were recorded. fourth week on 18 may, two new cases were recorded. the number of recovered increased by ten. the number of patients on ventilators and the number of deaths did not change. civil protection headquarters announced they would not organize press conferences on daily basis anymore due to the significant decline in daily new cases. on 19 may, four new cases were recorded. the number of recovered increased by 21, while the number of patients on ventilators did not change. one death was reported. on 20 may, two new cases were confirmed. eleven patients recovered, while the number of patients on ventilators decreased to eight. no deaths