doctors, who are also married and work at "acibadem sistina" clinical hospital, tested positive for the virus. one of them had no contact with the patients, while the other had minimal contact. the hospital continued to work at full capacity by taking all maximum measures to protect employees and patients. on 6 june, 125 new cases were registered positive: 46 in skopje, 19 in kumanovo, 17 in štip, 16 in tetovo, 7 in struga, 6 in gostivar, 5 in ohrid, 3 in veles, 2 in negotino, 1 in prilep, bitola, delčevo and kočani each. two deaths were confirmed: a 73-year-old man from prilep and a 67-year-old woman from strumica. 8 patients recovered. up to that day 35,471 tests were made. on 7 june, 111 new cases were registered positive: 63 in skopje, 12 in štip, 11 in kumanovo, 9 in kočani, 8 in tetovo, 3 in veles and gostivar, 1 in kriva palanka and ohrid each. two deaths were confirmed: a 53-year-old woman from struga and an 80-year-old man from prilep. 6 patients recovered. on 8 june, 127 new cases were registered positive: 67 in skopje, 33 in štip, 10 in tetovo, 6 in ohrid, 5 in struga, 2 in kočani and probištip, 1 in debar and kumanovo each. three deaths were confirmed: a 70-year-old man from kumanovo and two men from skopje (age 62 and 78). 7 patients recovered. on 9 june, 87 new cases were registered positive: 41 in skopje, 16 in štip, 12 in kumanovo, 10 in tetovo, 4 in probištip, 2 in ohrid, 1 in gostivar and struga each. one deaths was confirmed: a 74-year-old man from kumanovo. 5 patients recovered. on 10 june, 125 new cases were registered positive: 89 in skopje, 11 in tetovo, 8 in ohrid, 4 in kumanovo, 3 in struga, 2 in štip, prilep and strumica, 1 in kičevo, resen, gostivar and veles each. seven deaths were confirmed: three from skopje ( 79-year-old man, 54 and 77 years old women), two women from struga (age 73 and 66), a 46-year-old woman from tetovo and an 87-year-old man from štip. 6 patients recovered. internal affairs minister nake culev informed the public via social media that one adviser from his cabinet was positive on the virus. he also added that the ministry of internal affairs is taking every necessary measure to protect all employees in the ministry. on 11 june, 175 new cases were registered positive: 131 in skopje, 24 in kumanovo, 5 in tetovo, 4 in veles, 2 in štip, prilep, gostivar and sveti nikole each and 1 in ohrid. five deaths were confirmed: a 72-year-old man from prilep, three from skopje (a 60-year-old woman, a 64 and 59 years old men) and a 72-year-old man from gostivar. 18 patients recovered. the president of the independent police syndicate, goce delchev todev, has been confirmed as a positive case. he had the first symptoms on 7 june, while the suspicious contact with an infected person was on 26 may. as of that today, the market inspection controls had been strengthened with the financial police. they had the legal right to legitimize the guests. on 12 june, 164 new cases were registered positive: 85 in skopje, 24 in kumanovo, 18 in tetovo, 9 in ohrid, 5 in štip and struga, 3 in prilep, 2 in sveti nikole, gostivar and resen, 1 in makedonski brod, kriva palanka, valandovo, gevgelija, negotino and kočani each. two deaths were confirmed: a 53-year-old woman from skopje and a 60-year-old woman from tetovo. 12 patients recovered. up to that day 41,049 tests were made. that day the president stevo pendarovski and health minister venko filipče announced that there was no need for a new state of emergency. the last one expired the other day. on 13 june, 196 new cases were registered positive: 90 in skopje, 45 in tetovo, 17 in kumanovo, 11 in ohrid, 8 in gostivar and struga, 5 in štip, 4 in bitola, 2 in resen and pehčevo and 1 in prilep, veles, kriva palanka and sveti nikole each. eight deaths were confirmed: four from skopje (age 76 and 59 - women; age 67 and 43 - men), a 31-year-old woman from gostivar, a 56-year-old man from struga, a 68-year-old man from resen and an 81-year-old man from ohrid. 11 patients recovered. on 14 june, 162 new cases were registered positive: 92 in skopje, 32 in tetovo, 14 in resen, 5 in debar, 4 in ohrid, 3 in kumanovo and struga, 2 in prilep and gostivar and 1 in štip, gevgelija, strumica, kriva palanka and sveti nikole each. nine deaths were confirmed: three from skopje (age 62, 69 - men and 73 - woman), two men from tetovo (age 62 and 59), an 81-year-old woman from prilep, a 70-year-old woman from veles, a 69-year-old man from struga and a 58-year-old woman from gostivar that tested postmortem. 5 patients recovered. on 15 june, 103 new cases were registered positive: 46 in skopje, 17 in tetovo, 9 in struga, 6 in kumanovo, resen, štip, 3 in ohrid and veles, 2 in prilep and 1 in bitola, kavadarci, gostivar, strumica and sveti nikole each. five deaths were confirmed: an 80-year-old man from kumanovo, three women from skopje (age 74, 73 and 45) and a 65-year-old man from tetovo. 13 patients recovered. on 16 june, 134 new cases were registered positive: 97 in skopje, 11 in tetovo, 7 in resen, 5 in kumanovo, 3 in struga, 2 in kruševo and kičevo and 1 in prilep, veles, bitola, kavadarci, valandovo, kratovo and negotino each. eight deaths were confirmed: five from skopje (age 65, 68, 77 - men; age 76 and 77 - women), two from tetovo (age 67 - man and age 71 - woman) and a 68-year-old man from kumanovo. 34 patients recovered. the parliamentary election officially confirmed for 15 july. the voting lasted three days, and the election day was extended by two hours that ran from 7 am until 9 pm. patients with mild symptoms voted two days earlier - 13 july. covid-19 outbreak in north macedonia as of 6 may on 17 june, 193 new cases were registered positive: 140 in skopje, 19 in tetovo, 11 in ohrid, 6 in štip, 5 in struga, 4 in gostivar, 2 in kumanovo, veles and resen and 1 in sveti nikole and debar each. nine deaths were confirmed: five from skopje (age 85 - woman and age 78, 47, 69 and 67 - men), a 67-year-old woman from kumanovo, a 61-year-old man from tetovo, an 81-year-old man from bitola and an 83-year-old man from ohrid. 46 patients recovered. as of that day, according to the government decision, all border crossings in the country were opened, except for airports, but measures such as showing a valid negative pcr test (not older than 72 hours) upon entry into the country as well as a mandatory 14-day self-isolation remained in force. a novelty was that foreigners, instead of being able to transit through the country as before only through the border crossings tabanovce and bogorodica, were now able to do so through other passes within 5 hours. the government had also adopted protocols on the operation of catering facilities (hotels etc.), which took effect on monday - 22 june. on 18 june, 182 new cases were registered positive: 107 in skopje, 23 in tetovo, 14 in kumanovo, 13 in resen, 6 in ohrid, 5 in struga, 4 in štip and gostivar, 2 in bitola and 1 in strumica, kočani, berovo and negotino each. six deaths were confirmed: two men from skopje (age 68 and 65), two men from tetovo (age 81 and 72) and two from kumanovo (age 64 - woman and 85 - man). 33 patients recovered. on 19 june, 156 new cases were registered positive: 100 in skopje, 19 in tetovo, 11 in kumanovo, 6 in veles and štip, 3 in kočani, 2 in struga and 1 in debar, prilep, ohrid, bitola, gostivar, kavadarci, gevgelija, sveti nikole and kratovo each. six deaths were confirmed: four women from skopje (age 70, 76 and two at the age of 74) and two from tetovo (age 66 - woman and age 71 - man). 27 patients recovered. on 20 june, 185 new cases were registered positive: 96 in skopje, 20 in struga, 18 in debar, 14 in tetovo, 8 in resen, 7 in ohrid, 4 in štip, 3 in kičevo, 2 in kumanovo, veles, kavadarci, gostivar, sveti nikole and 1 in prilep, kriva palanka and probištip each. eleven deaths were confirmed: eight from skopje (age 53, 66, 67, 62, 76 - men; 65, 73 and 65 - women), a 78-year-old man from kumanovo, a 63-year-old man from štip and a 62-year-old woman from tetovo. 41 patients recovered. the mayor of skopje, petre šilegov, announced on his facebook profile that he was positive on the virus. on 21 june, 101 new cases were registered positive: 57 in skopje, 19 in tetovo, 13 in kumanovo, 3 in štip, 2 in bitola and resen and 1 in debar, struga, veles, ohrid and gostivar each. five deaths were confirmed: a 77-year-old woman from skopje, a 45-year-old man from gostivar, two from kumanovo (age 40 - woman, 51 - man) and an 80-year-old man from struga. 22 patients recovered. as of that day, the children's hospital "kozle" began accepting patients with covid-19. venko filipče said that there were 60 adult treatment facilities available for adults and 15 for children suspected of being infected. it planned to bring patients with a milder and moderate clinical picture to the hospital. kozle was staffed with an internist and infectious disease teams, doctors and nurses, who came from both the infectious diseases clinic and the interior. on 22 june, 90 new cases were registered positive: 36 in skopje, 13 in ohrid, 10 in struga, 8 in štip, 6 in resen, 4 in tetovo, 2 in kumanovo, veles, bitola, kočani, sveti nikole and 1 in gostivar, kruševo and probištip each. nine deaths were confirmed: five from skopje (woman - age 70 and age 90, 64, 57, 64 - men) and a 61-year-old man from gostivar. 48 patients recovered. on 23 june, 118 new cases were registered positive: 55 in skopje, 20 in tetovo, 9 in kumanovo and ohrid, 5 in resen, 4 in prilep and gostivar, 2 in struga, strumica, veles and 1 in debar, štip, bitola, gevgelija, sveti nikole and kičevo each. four deaths were confirmed: all from skopje (age 58, 73, 72 - men and a 73-year-old woman). 74 patients recovered. on 24 june, 136 new cases were registered positive: 80 in skopje, 24 in tetovo, 6 in kumanovo, 5 in ohrid, 4 in gostivar and resen, 3 in prilep and veles and 1 in štip, strumica, struga, kriva palanka, negotino, kočani and kičevo each. eight deaths were confirmed: two from skopje (age 56 - man and age 68 - woman), two women from kumanovo (age 47 and 59), two from tetovo (age 78 - man and age 47 - woman), a 61-year-old man from kičevo and a 57-year-old man from veles. 43 patients recovered. up to that day 54,456 tests were made. on 25 june, 153 new cases were registered positive: 66 in skopje, 20 in tetovo, 13 in kumanovo and štip, 12 in resen, 7 in struga and ohrid, 6 in kičevo, 3 in sveti nikole, 2 in prilep and 1 in bitola, kriva palanka, kočani and probištip each. six deaths were confirmed: a 53-year-old man from resen, a 61-year-old man from skopje, two men from štip (age 80 and 75), a 68-year-old man from ohrid and a 79-year-old man from tetovo. 75 patients recovered. on 26 june, 163 new cases were registered positive: 70 in skopje, 25 in tetovo, 14 in štip, 11 in gostivar, 9 in ohrid, 6 in debar, 4 in struga, resen and sveti nikole, 3 in kočani and kavadarci, 2 in kumanovo, prilep, veles, kriva palanka and 1 in bitola and strumica each. three deaths were confirmed: a 42-year-old man from resen and 2 from skopje (83-year-old woman and 71-year-old man). 40 patients recovered. on 27 june, 150 new cases were registered positive: 93 in skopje, 12 in tetovo, 9 in ohrid, 8 in kičevo, 7 in kumanovo, 5 in resen, 4 in prilep, 3 in štip, gostivar, struga, 1 in bitola, negotino and