Ljubljana - A total of 7,122 new coronavirus cases were confirmed in Slovenia on Monday, a significant drop from a week ago when just over 11,000 cases were recorded.

427 people were in hospital due to Covid-19 this morning, 19 fewer than yesterday, including 114 in intensive care, down by four, government data show.

In total, 943 hospital patients are infected with Covid, which is 16 fewer than yesterday. 23 patients with Covid died on Monday.

The 14-day case notification rate dropped by 213 to 6,440 and the seven-day average of new daily cases decreased by 560 to 6,715, show data by the National Institute of Public Health.

The estimated number of active cases fell below 140,000, to 135,865.