Ljubljana - The number of new coronavirus cases in Slovenia dropped from over 7,000 to over 2,000 in a week. A total of 2,265 positive cases were picked up from 2,326 PCR and 20,627 rapid antigen tests on Monday.

This morning, 511 Covid patients were in hospital, down 15 from yesterday, including 96 in intensive care, down 7 from the day before, the government said.

In total, 814 infected patients are in hospitals, which is 27 fewer than yesterday, and another 14 died yesterday.

The National Institute of Public Health estimates there are still some 70,780 active cases in the country.

The 7-day average of new daily cases dropped by 689 to 3,330 and the 14-day notification rate per 100,000 was down by 421 to 3,355.