By: P.T., STA
Slovenia confirmed 243 new cases of coronavirus on Sunday, slightly fewer than in the week before, as 11 patients with Covid-19 died. More than 9,000 rapid tests and 1,451 PCR tests were performed.
The positivity rate for PCR tests was at 16.7%, a slight improvement over the day before. There were 543 Covid-19 patients in hospital compared to 529 the day before, whereas the number of intensive care cases dropped by two to 91. The rolling seven-day average of daily new cases dropped slightly to 768 and the number of active cases is estimated by the National Institute of Public Health (NIJZ) to be 10,636.
All contacts of infected with South African variant negative so far
All persons who had been in contact with an individual whose coronavirus infection was confirmed to be the South African variant last week have so far tested negative, the Maribor unit of the National Institute of Public Health (NIJZ) said, adding that the infected had a mild case of Covid-19. The infected doctor had high-risk exposure contacts with four persons who have been ordered to self-isolate. Around 10 or 12 people were deemed low-risk exposure contacts and have been told to observe their condition and heed all the prevention measures to the letter.
