BELGRADE, May 9 (Xinhua) -- Serbia confirmed 89 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, bringing the overall number of infected to 10,032.
In the past 24 hours, Serbia tested 5,728 people, of which 1.55 percent were positive, according to information released Saturday afternoon by the country's Institute for Public Health.
The total number of tested people increased to 134,533. In total, 2,732 people are considered cured of COVID-19, 1,437 are hospitalized, while 213 lost their fight with the disease since the beginning of the outbreak on March 6.
The overall case mortality rate of COVID-19 in Serbia is currently at 2.12 percent.
After observing the low share of infected among the tested for more than a week, Serbia lifted the state of emergency last Wednesday, abolishing the ban on movement, restarting public and intercity transport, and allowing all businesses to resume working again.
Shopping malls re-opened on Friday, and all people are once again allowed to use city transportation in the capital with obligatory precaution measures.
Air Serbia announced on Friday that it plans to reinstate on May 18 a limited number of commercial flights to London, Frankfurt, Zurich and Vienna. Enditem
