Of the 11,980 new cases, 8,094 were confirmed by PCR tests and 3,886 by rapid antigen tests. Compared with last Friday, the number of new infections dropped by more than 3,500.
According to the data provided by the national coronavirus response team, 2,126 infected persons are currently being treated in hospitals and 185 of them are placed on ventilators.
With the 46 deaths registered in the last 24 hours, the total coronavirus death toll has climbed to 14,035. Nearly 4,000 people have died since 17 November.
The number of active cases stands at 57,686 and 27,656 people are self-isolating.
Since 25 February 2020, when the first case was confirmed in Croatia, 971,464 people have been registered as having contracted the novel virus after 4,301,921 tests carried out.
As of Thursday, 56.60 per cent of the total population, or 67.35 per cent of the adult population, received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, while 64.96 per cent received two doses.