Ljubljana - Slovenia recorded 775 new coronavirus cases for Sunday, the lowest daily count since 24 October and down a quarter from the same day a week ago, fresh figures from the National Institute of Public Health show.

The 7-day average of new cases has thus dropped to 1,763, down 37 from the previous day, and the 14-day incidence per 100,000 fell to 1,361, down by 29.

The are now an estimated 28,698 actively infected people in the country, a decrease of over 600 from the day ago.

The PCR test positivity rate stood at almost 42%.

There were 1,050 Covid patients in hospital this morning, up by 16 from yesterday in what is a typical weekend dynamic.

The number of patients in intensive care declined by three to 268 and 16 patients died, according to government data.