Montenegro's COVID-19 cases shoot up again

BELGRADE, June 29 (Xinhua) -- Montenegro confirmed 221 new coronavirus infections on Wednesday by performing 980 tests -- which local experts said was a serious, 22.55 percent increase in the infection rate.

Data from the Institute of Public Health of Montenegro show that the number of new cases doubled compared to the previous week, when the country with a population of some 600,000 registered less than 100 new infections per day.