By: P.T., STA
Slovenia confirmed 23,433 new cases of coronavirus on Tuesday. While this is by far the largest figure since the start of the pandemic, it is to a large extent the result of a new rule where rapid tests are automatically added to the tally without being double-checked with the more precise PCR tests.
The National Institute of Public Health estimates there are now almost 187,000 active cases in the country, the equivalent of about 8% of the entire population. After 12 more Covid-19 patients died, 407 patients remain hospitalised with Covid-19 as their main condition at regular wards and another 113 at intensive care units.