in prilep, 2 in skopje, 1 in struga and tetovo each. one death was confirmed: a 61-year-old man from struga. 45 patients recovered. on 3 may, 5 new cases were registered positive: 2 in skopje, 1 in kumanovo, tetovo and prilep each. two deaths were confirmed: a 94-year-old man from kumanovo and a 69-year-old woman from struga. 95 patients recovered. up to that day 17,246 tests were made. on 4 may, 7 new cases were registered positive: 4 in tetovo, 1 in skopje, prilep and kratovo each. one death was confirmed: dragan vučić, a famous macedonian tv host and singer from skopje. he was 65 years old. 47 patients recovered. on 5 may, 8 new cases were registered positive: 4 in veles, 3 in skopje and 1 in bitola. one death was confirmed: a 59-year-old woman from tetovo. 21 patients recovered. for the first time in the country a covid-19 patient was removed from a respiratory machine. on 6 may, 13 new cases were registered positive: 5 in veles, 3 in prilep and tetovo, 1 in kumanovo and bitola each. two deaths were confirmed and 44 recovered. on 7 may, 33 new cases were registered positive: 11 in skopje, 9 in veles, 5 in prilep, 2 in kumanovo, bitola, tetovo, 1 in kriva palanka and štip each. one death was confirmed: a 70-year-old man from veles. 22 patients recovered. on 8 may, 14 new cases were registered positive: 6 in veles, 5 in skopje, 2 in prilep and 1 in tetovo. one death was confirmed: a 61-year-old man from tetovo. 20 patients recovered. on 9 may, 36 new cases were registered positive: 12 in tetovo, 7 in skopje, 6 in veles, 4 in kumanovo and prilep, 1 in pehčevo, berovo and gostivar each. one death was confirmed: a 58-year-old man from veles. 13 patients recovered as well. on 10 may, 20 new cases were registered positive: 12 in skopje, 3 in prilep, 2 in tetovo, 1 in bitola, kumanovo and gostivar each. 24 patients recovered. on 11 may, 22 new cases were registered positive: 13 in skopje, 7 in tetovo and 2 in prilep. 64 patients recovered. up to that day 19,241 tests were made. on 12 may, 10 new cases were registered positive: 6 in skopje, 2 in kumanovo, 1 in veles and prilep each. one death was confirmed: a 60-year-old man from delčevo. 5 patients recovered as well. on 13 may, 20 new cases were registered positive: 10 in skopje, 5 in prilep, 4 in tetovo and 1 in veles. three deaths were confirmed: a 59-year-old woman from prilep, a 68-year-old woman from tetovo and a 76-year-old woman from veles. 24 patients recovered. on 14 may, 29 new cases were registered positive: 9 in skopje, 6 in prilep, 5 in tetovo, 2 in ohrid, veles, bitola and struga each and 1 in kumanovo bringing the total cases to 1723. that day 6 patients recovered as well, bringing the total recovered to 1235, the total death cases to 95 and active cases to 393. on 15 may, 17 new cases were registered positive: 6 in tetovo, 3 in skopje and prilep, 2 in kumanovo and veles each and 1 in bitola. two deaths were confirmed: a 72-year-old man from veles and an 89-year-old man from skopje. 16 patients recovered. on 16 may, 22 new cases were registered positive: 9 in skopje, 6 in tetovo, 4 in prilep and 1 kumanovo, ohrid and veles. one death was confirmed: a 79-year-old woman from skopje. 16 patients recovered. up to that day 21,010 tests were made. on 17 may, 30 new cases were registered positive: 11 in skopje, 6 in tetovo, 5 in veles, 3 in prilep, 2 in kumanovo and 1 in štip, ohrid and bitola. three deaths were confirmed: a 58-year-old man from veles, a 57 and 78-year-old men from tetovo. 26 patients recovered. on 18 may, 25 new cases were registered positive: 16 in skopje, 4 in tetovo, 2 in ohrid and veles and 1 struga. three deaths were confirmed: a 60-year-old woman from kumanovo, a 51-year-old man from skopje and a 59-year-old man from struga. 8 patients recovered. on 19 may, 22 new cases were registered positive: 8 in skopje, 4 in veles, 3 in tetovo, 2 in štip and prilep, 1 in sveti nikole and gostivar each. two deaths were confirmed: a 78-year-old man from skopje and a 77-year-old man from tetovo. 50 patients recovered as well. on 20 may, 19 new cases were registered positive: 11 in skopje, 2 in kumanovo, 1 in strumica, vinica, veles, prilep, tetovo and gostivar each. four deaths were confirmed: a 65-year-old woman and 71-year-old man from skopje, a 73-year-old man from tetovo and a 41-year-old man from prilep. 16 patients recovered. on 21 may, 40 new cases were registered positive: 26 (in which 1 was a worker from the screenings in the kindergartens) in skopje, 10 in tetovo, 1 in kumanovo, veles, prilep and bitola each. one death was confirmed: a 56-year-old man from prilep. 11 patients recovered as well. on 22 may, 23 new cases were registered positive: 12 in skopje, 4 in kumanovo and tetovo each, 2 in prilep and 1 in negotino. one death was confirmed: a 47-year-old man from tetovo. 9 patients recovered. on 23 may, 20 new cases were registered positive: 16 in skopje and 2 in kumanovo and prilep each. one death was confirmed: a 63-year-old man from skopje. 24 patients recovered. up to that day 2,060 tests were made from the screenings in the kindergartens. on 24 may, 37 new cases were registered positive: 12 in skopje, 8 in kumanovo, 7 in tetovo, 4 in struga, 2 in štip, ohrid and prilep each. 11 patients recovered. up to that day 25,270 tests were made. on 25 may, 21 new cases were registered positive: 12 in skopje, 5 in tetovo, 3 in kumanovo and 1 in štip. 17 patients recovered as well. on 26 may, 16 new cases were registered positive: 9 in skopje, 5 in štip, 1 in gostivar and struga each. three deaths were confirmed: a 78-year-old woman from veles, an 84-year-old man from tetovo and a 76-year-old woman from skopje. 14 patients recovered. that day prime minister oliver spasovski said that from tomorrow the curfew will be lifted and that the catering facilities will start from thursday - 28 may. on 27 may, 25 new cases were registered positive: 14 in skopje, 4 in štip, 2 in kumanovo and tetovo and 1 in prilep, veles and struga each. three deaths were confirmed: two men from skopje at the age of 58 and 47, as well as 41-year-old man from tetovo. 17 patients recovered. on 28 may, 38 new cases were registered positive: 24 in skopje, 4 in štip and kumanovo each, 3 in tetovo, 2 in negotino and 1 in bitola. three deaths were confirmed: two men from tetovo (age 74 and 57) and a 53-year-old man from skopje that was tested postmortem. 16 patients recovered as well. that day the catering facilities officially started with a maximum of 4 people at a table. it was still required to wear masks outside with a more tightened police control, as well as 2 m. distance. on 29 may, 52 new cases were registered positive: 26 in skopje, 9 in tetovo, 7 in štip, 6 in kumanovo, 2 in struga and 1 in veles and kočani each. it was confirmed four deaths: a 73-year-old man from skopje, an 82-year-old man from veles, a 76-year-old woman from skopje and a 55-year-old woman from tetovo. 30 patients recovered that day. extensive testing of workers began in the clothing industries in štip due to the possible outbreak there. 153 workers were put in self-isolation. education minister arber ademi announced that the 2019–2020 school year will end on 10 june with no further measures. the same day president stevo pendarovski extended the state of emergency for 14 more days because the previous one expired. on 30 may, 35 new cases were registered positive: 22 in skopje, 6 in tetovo, 4 in kumanovo, 1 in štip, struga and gostivar each. five deaths were confirmed: from skopje (age 69, 70 and 47 - men), a 70-year-old man from struga and a baby also from skopje who, at the request of the parents, was transported by plane to switzerland where it died. 19 patients recovered. on 31 may, 62 new cases were registered positive: 24 in skopje, 14 in štip, 12 in tetovo, 4 in struga, 3 in gostivar, 2 in kumanovo and 1 in valandovo, veles and kočani each. two deaths were confirmed: a 60-year-old man from struga and a 64-year-old man from gostivar who was tested postmortem. 17 patients recovered. up to that day 29,575 tests were made. sdsm vice president muhamed zekiri announced on his facebook profile that he, his wife and their three-month-old daughter were positive for covid-19. everyone who had contact with them was put in self-isolation. june 2020 on 1 june, 89 new cases were registered positive: 35 in skopje, 27 in štip, 12 in kumanovo, 7 in tetovo, 4 in kočani and 1 in sveti nikole, strumica, gostivar and prilep each. seven deaths were confirmed: two men from skopje (age 83 and 80), two men from kumanovo (age 73 and 66), a 44-year-old man from struga and two men from tetovo (age 65 and 54). 17 patients recovered. the director of the public revenue office of the republic of north macedonia, sanja lukarevska, announced on her facebook profile that she was positive on the virus. immediately, she was put in home self-isolation. on 2 june, 76 new cases were registered positive: 52 in skopje, 14 in tetovo, 2 in kumanovo, gostivar and veles each, 1 in štip, kočani, probistip and kratovo each. one death was confirmed: a 56-year-old woman from struga. 26 patients recovered. the mayor of the municipality of cair, visar ganiu, announced on his facebook profile that he was positive for covid-19. the same day prime minister oliver spasovski said that there was no need for a new state of emergency, although they plan on putting local quarantines in the most infected municipalities. on 3 june, 101 new cases were registered positive: 59 in skopje, 12 in kumanovo, 7 in štip, 6 in struga, 5 in tetovo, 3 in gostivar and kočani, 2 in probištip, 1 in veles, ohrid, kavadarci and prilep each. four deaths were confirmed: an 84-year-old woman from prilep, a 75-year-old man from tetovo, a 71-year-old man from kumanovo and a 58-year-old man from skopje. 10 patients recovered. after the increased number of newly diagnosed cases, the government decided to introduce a complete 80-hour ban on the movement of all citizens in skopje including every municipality, in kumanovo, tetovo, štip as well as the surrounding municipality in skopje: aračinovo, zelenikovo, ilinden, petrovec, lipkovo, studeničani, karbinci, bogovinje, brvenica, tearce, želino and jegunovce. the ban on the movement started the next day from 9 pm and ended on monday, 5 am - 8 june. in all other cities, the movement of all citizens was prohibited from the next evening - 9 pm until 5 am. on friday, saturday, sunday in these cities the ban started at 4 pm and lasted until the next day 5 am. due to the upcoming holiday (all souls' day), a ban has been introduced for visiting the cemetery on the entire territory of the country - also from 9 pm to 5 am, monday. on 4 june, 120 new cases were registered positive: 67 in skopje, 19 in kumanovo, 16 in štip, 4 in prilep, 9 in tetovo, 2 in veles, 1 in gostivar, negotino and struga each. two deaths were confirmed: a 65-year-old woman and a 69-year-old man. 16 patients recovered. the director of the state market inspectorate, stojko paunovski, announced that the department of the state market inspectorate in kumanovo will be closed because one of the inspectors was positive. on 5 june, a stunning 180 new cases were registered positive: 109 in skopje, 26 in kumanovo, 15 in štip, 12 in tetovo, 8 in gostivar, 2 in gevgejila, 1 in negotino, struga, veles, ohrid, bitola, valandovo, debar and sveti nikole each. two deaths were confirmed: a 52-year-old man from kumanovo and a 68-year-old woman from skopje. 11 patients recovered. two