Ljubljana - The number of new daily coronavirus cases in Slovenia continues to drop both in daily and weekly comparisons, as the epidemic recedes. A total of 2,336 samples returned positive on Wednesday.

The estimated number of active cases dropped by below 60,000, to 58,081.

There are currently 473 Covid patients in hospitals, down 23 from yesterday, including 98 in intensive care, the same as yesterday, the government said on Twitter.

The number of patients who are infected with Covid but treated mainly for other conditions dropped by 38 to 741. Eleven more patients with Covid have died.

The 7-day average of new daily cases dropped by 312 to 2,690 and the 14-day notification rate per 100,000 people was down by 465 to 2,761.