‘A total collapse’: Alarm as COVID deaths mount in Bosnia

The Sarajevo canton has recorded the highest rate of coronavirus cases and deaths in the Western Balkans.

Alarm is growing in Bosnia over the escalating coronavirus crisis in the Sarajevo canton, which has recorded the highest rate of cases and deaths in the Western Balkans. In the two weeks to March 14, the canton of Bosnia’s capital registered 1,763 cases and 31.5 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants, according to data by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. On Sunday, local media reported that 90 funerals were held in just four days in Sarajevo.