new cases were confirmed positive: 7 in skopje and 5 in kumanovo. on 25 march, 29 new cases were confirmed positive: 20 in skopje and 3 in kumanovo, 3 in veles, 2 in prilep, and 1 in debar. the same day the "patient zero" of the outbreak in debar, the wife of the couple from balanci that tested positive on 6 march was confirmed as the third death case. she was 66 years old. on 26 march, 24 new cases were registered positive: 15 from skopje, 4 from kumanovo, 2 from debar, and 1 from ohrid and štip each, as well as the first case from tetovo. 2 patients recovered. on 27 march, 18 new cases were registered positive: 11 from skopje, 4 from prilep, 2 from kumanovo, and 1 from tetovo. on 28 march, 22 new cases were confirmed positive: 9 in skopje, 3 in kumanovo and struga each; 2 in tetovo, prilep, and debar each; and 1 in bitola. also it was confirmed the fourth death case, a 66 years old woman from struga. on 29 march, 18 new cases were confirmed positive: 6 in štip, 3 in skopje, 3 in veles, 2 in struga, 1 in strumica, 1 in debar, 1 in tetovo, and 1 in gevgelija. also two new death cases, a 31-year-old and 91-year-old men were confirmed today. on 30 march, 26 new cases were confirmed positive: 19 in skopje, 3 in kumanovo, 1 in prilep, 1 in tetovo, 1 in debar, and 1 in kriva palanka. the seventh death was recorded, a 79 years old man from debar, while 9 patients recovered (8 from skopje and 1 from debar). on 31 march the ministry of health announced 44 new cases: 23 in kumanovo, 11 in skopje, 5 in tetovo, 2 in prilep, 2 in struga, and 1 in prilep. a 45-year-old man from kumanovo and a 78-year-old man from debar, both with pre-existing conditions, passed away. up to that day 3,518 tests were made. april 2020 on 1 april the ministry of health announced 25 new positive cases: 7 in kumanovo, 7 in skopje, 4 in tetovo, 3 in bitola, 2 in struga, 1 in gevgelija and 1 in kočani. a 64-year-old woman from struga with pre-existing conditions, passed away. it was also discovered that a 66-years-old woman, also from struga, who had died a day before tested positive on the post mortem test. 5 patients recovered as well. on 2 april, 30 new cases were registered positive: 12 in skopje, 9 in prilep, 8 in kumanovo, and 1 in kriva palanka. on 3 april, 46 new cases were registered positive: 23 in kumanovo, 13 in skopje, 2 in debar, 2 in veles, 2 in gevgelija, 2 in tetovo, 1 in prilep and 1 in gostivar. one more death was also confirmed: a 68-years-old man from the villages around tetovo. in the evening, another suspected fatality was confirmed to be positive for covid-19, a 70-years-old man from kumanovo. on 4 april, 53 new cases were registered positive: 14 in struga, 13 in skopje, 8 in kumanovo, 6 in kočani, 5 in štip, 2 in prilep, tetovo and gostivar each and 1 in veles. also five new death cases were confirmed. on 5 april, 72 new cases were registered positive: 21 in kumanovo, 14 in skopje, 11 in tetovo, 9 in prilep, 7 in kočani, 2 in kruševo, bitola and radoviš each, 1 in struga, veles, gostivar and štip each. also, one new case was confirmed dead, a 63-year-old man from struga. later the same day the institute of public health of the republic of north macedonia corrected the previously announced numbers by cities in the term that one case from gostivar is a citizen returning from slovenia quarantined in gostivar but lives in strumica and one case from tetovo is a citizen returning from abroad who is quarantined in tetovo but lives in radoviš. on 6 april, 15 new cases were registered positive: 8 in kumanovo, 4 in skopje and 1 in tetovo, struga and štip each. also it was confirmed three new death cases: a 69-year-old and 65-years-old men from tetovo and a 40-year-old man from kočani. 6 patients recovered as well. on 7 april, 29 new cases were registered positive: 15 in skopje, 7 in kumanovo, 3 in struga and kočani each and 1 in prilep. it was also confirmed 5 new deaths: a 52 and 53-years-old men from kumanovo, an 81-year-old woman from štip, a 65-year-old woman from struga and a 62-year-old woman from tetovo. later that day, it was confirmed one more death. a 45-year-old man from skopje heading towards the city general hospital "8th september" for treatment. on 8 april, 18 new cases were registered positive: 7 in skopje, 4 in prilep, 2 in bitola and kumanovo each, 1 in kruševo, kočani and kavadarci. two new deaths were also confirmed, a 73-year-old man from kumanovo, and the one positive case from kavadarci. he was a 44-year-old foreign citizen found dead in his apartment, who was tested postmortem. 7 patients recovered as well. later that same day, one more death was confirmed. a 27-year-old woman from kumanovo which, while infected, gave birth on 30 march. on 9 april, 46 new cases were registered positive: 13 in kumanovo, 12 in skopje, 8 in prilep and veles each, 2 in struga and 1 in tetovo, kočani and probištip each. on 10 april, 48 new cases were registered positive: 25 in kumanovo, 11 in skopje, 4 in prilep, 3 in struga, 2 in gostivar and 1 in ohrid, štip, and tetovo each. two new deaths were also confirmed. on 11 april, 49 new cases were registered positive: 14 in kumanovo, 13 in skopje, 8 in prilep, 6 in štip and veles each and 1 in gostivar and kočani each. two new deaths were also confirmed. on 12 april, 68 new cases were registered positive: 18 in kumanovo, 15 in skopje, 14 in prilep, 10 in struga, 6 in veles, 2 in tetovo and 1 in gostivar, bitola and kočani each. on 13 april, 26 new cases were registered positive: 11 in kumanovo, 4 in skopje and tetovo each, 3 in prilep, 2 in veles and 1 in probištip and kočani each. four new deaths were also confirmed: a 63-year-old man and 79-year-old woman from skopje, a 58-year-old man from veles and a 67-year-old man from prilep. 3 patients recovered. on 14 april, 54 new cases were registered positive: 25 in kumanovo, 13 in skopje, 10 in prilep, 2 in veles, 1 in štip, tetovo, gostivar and kičevo each. six deaths were confirmed and 42 recovered. up to that day 9,262 tests were made. on 15 april, 66 new cases were registered positive: 27 in kumanovo, 10 in skopje, 5 in tetovo and ohrid, 4 in struga and prilep, 3 in kočani and štip, 2 in veles and negotino each and 1 in gostivar. one woman died at the age of 76 from skopje. 12 patients recovered. on 16 april, 107 new cases were registered positive: 44 in kumanovo, 28 in skopje, 11 in prilep, 6 in bitola, 5 in tetovo, 4 in veles, 2 in debar and gostivar, 1 in struga, štip, kavadarci, kočani and kičevo each. this also marked the first cases in debar in two weeks and just two days after being released from quarantine. one new death was confirmed and 23 recovered. on that day 660 new tests were made bringing the total to 10,422 tests. the same day prime minister oliver spasovski, deputy prime minister bujar osmani, health minister venko filipče, education minister arber ademi, and state secretary of the health ministry vladimir milošev all were put in a 14-day self-quarantine after the news broke that the mayor of kumanovo, who just recently had held a meeting with them, tested positive. health minister venko filipče visiting the national institute of public health in skopje. on 17 april, 36 new cases were registered positive: 22 in skopje, 4 in kumanovo, 3 in prilep, struga and veles each and 1 in bitola. three deaths were confirmed and 18 recovered. on 18 april, 53 new cases were registered positive: 13 in skopje, 12 in veles, 9 in kumanovo and prilep, 4 in tetovo, 2 in makedonski brod, bitola and struga each. 25 patients recovered. on 19 april, 37 new cases were registered positive: 9 in kumanovo, 8 in skopje and ohrid, 5 in prilep, 3 in veles and tetovo each and 1 in kočani. two deaths were confirmed: an 83-year-old man from štip and a 66-year-old man from skopje. 15 patients recovered. on 20 april, 18 new cases were registered positive: 9 in kumanovo, 2 in štip, skopje and tetovo, 1 in veles, pehčevo and gostivar each. three deaths were confirmed and 21 recovered. this was the first time to have more recovered patients than infected. on 21 april, 7 new cases were registered positive: 3 in tetovo and 2 in kumanovo and kočani each. one death was confirmed: a 70-year-old man from labuništa, a village near struga. 24 patients recovered. on 22 april, 28 new cases were registered positive: 11 in skopje, 9 in prilep, 3 in veles, 2 in kumanovo and tetovo each and 1 in valandovo. one death was confirmed: a 51-year-old man from skopje. 48 patients recovered. on 23 april, 41 new cases were registered positive: 17 in skopje, 11 in kumanovo, 5 in prilep, 3 in tetovo, 1 in kavadarci, gostivar, negotino, kriva palanka and kičevo each. the case from negotino lives in demir kapija. 29 patients recovered. up to that day 13,649 tests were made. on 24 april, 26 new cases were registered positive: 11 in skopje, 6 in struga, 3 in tetovo, 2 in kumanovo, 1 in bitola, negotino, vinica and gostivar each. the case in negotino is also from demir kapija. one death was confirmed: an 80-year-old man from skopje. 36 patients recovered. on 25 april, 41 new cases were registered positive: 17 in skopje, 8 in kumanovo and prilep, 4 in tetovo, 2 in veles, 1 in bitola and struga each. two deaths were confirmed: a 36-year-old man from gostivar and a 25-year-old man from skopje. 37 patients recovered. on 26 april, 19 new cases were registered positive: 8 in kumanovo, 3 in skopje, 2 in veles, struga and prilep, 1 in vinica and gostivar each. two deaths were confirmed: a 49-year-old woman from kumanovo and a 73-year-old man from skopje. 126 patients recovered. on 27 april, 13 new cases were registered positive: 5 in kumanovo, 4 in skopje, 2 in prilep and tetovo each. four deaths were confirmed: a 58-year-old woman from tetovo, an 81-year-old woman and 47-year-old man from kumanovo as well as a 66-year-old man from bitola. 53 patients recovered. on 28 april, 22 new cases were registered positive: 11 in skopje, 3 in veles, 2 in kumanovo, gostivar and kavadarci, 1 in negotino and struga each. six deaths were confirmed: a 63 and 58 years old men from prilep, a 75 and 58 years old men as well as a 71 years old woman from skopje and a 51-year-old woman from tetovo. 36 patients recovered. on 29 april, 21 new cases were registered positive: 7 in skopje, 6 in kumanovo, 4 in prilep, 1 in struga, tetovo, pehčevo and delčevo each. two deaths were confirmed: a 50-year-old man from skopje and a 51-year-old man from prilep. 38 patients recovered. it was later discovered that the mayor of kumanovo was in fact, not positive. everyone placed in self-isolation was released. on 30 april, 23 new cases were registered positive: 6 in tetovo, 5 in skopje and kumanovo, 3 in prilep and 2 in veles and negotino each. the cases in negotino are from demir kapija. four deaths were confirmed: a 62-year-old man from skopje, a 72 and 79 years old women from kumanovo and a 59-year-old woman from gostivar. 111 patients recovered. may 2020 on 1 may, 29 new cases were registered positive: 11 in skopje, 6 in veles, 4 in kumanovo, 3 in kočani and prilep each and 2 in tetovo. four deaths were confirmed: a 55-year-old woman, 87-year-old man and 69-year-old woman from prilep and a 62-year-old man from kočani. 69 patients recovered. on 2 may, 15 new cases were registered positive: 7 in kumanovo, 4