Ljubljana - Slovenia confirmed 12,772 new cases of coronavirus on Monday, an increase of 47% on the week before and the second highest daily figure since the start of the pandemic.

This brings the 14-day case notification rate per 100,000 people to 5,982 from 5,620 the day before, with the rolling seven-day average of daily cases having exceeded 11,000 for the first time, show data released by the National Institute of Public Health (NIJZ).

The NIJZ estimates there are currently some 126,000 active cases in the country.