{"id":18941,"date":"2021-08-19T17:31:40","date_gmt":"2021-08-19T15:31:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=18941"},"modified":"2021-08-19T17:31:40","modified_gmt":"2021-08-19T15:31:40","slug":"eight-dead-in-kosovo-as-new-covid-19-cases-surge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/eight-dead-in-kosovo-as-new-covid-19-cases-surge\/","title":{"rendered":"Eight dead in Kosovo as new COVID-19 cases surge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Eight people were confirmed dead in Kosovo after being infected with COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>New coronavirus cases leaped in the country during the last week, as 2,000 new cases were reported only in the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p>The country has seen a surge of new cases during the last two weeks and according to the Ministry of Health, health authorities have carried out around 11.000 COVID-19 tests, while 138 citizens have recovered.<\/p>\n<p>Since Kosovo began its vaccination campaign around 644.122 doses have been injected to the citizens of the country.<\/p>\n<p>However, authorities raise concern about the high number of active cases observed in the last days.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Public Health Institute, there are over 14 thousand active cases throughout Kosovo.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a title=\"Delta strain amplifies infections in Albania, Kosovo and North Macedonia\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/08\/18\/delta-strain-amplifies-infections-in-albania-kosovo-and-north-macedonia\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Delta strain amplifies infections in Albania, Kosovo and North Macedonia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a title=\"Over 2 000 COVID infections in 7 days, numbers also on the rise in Kosovo\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/08\/18\/over-2-000-covid-infections-in-the-7-days-numbers-also-on-the-rise-in-kosovo\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Over 2 000 COVID infections in 7 days, numbers also on the rise in Kosovo<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a title=\"Kosovo registers record number of infections due to COVID-19\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo\/2021\/08\/17\/kosovo-registers-record-number-of-infections-due-to-covid-19\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Kosovo registers record number of infections due to COVID-19<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eight people were confirmed dead in Kosovo after being infected with COVID-19. New coronavirus cases leaped in the country during the last week, as 2,000 new cases were reported only in the last 24 hours. 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