Ljubljana - A total of 1,836 cases of coronavirus infection were confirmed in Slovenia on Friday what is a 3% increase week-on-week, show figures by the National Institute of Public Health, which estimates that there are currently 26,692 active cases in the country, or 1,900 fewer on a daily basis. Hospitalisations are meanwhile on a decline.

The number of cases confirmed in 1,565 PCR tests and 11,568 rapid antigen tests performed yesterday is down by 26 compared to Thursday.

While the 14-day case notification rate per 100,000 population continued to drop, decreasing by 91 to 1,264, the seven-day daily average of new cases was up by five to 1,639.

This morning, 273 patients were in hospital because of Covid-19, down 15 from yesterday, including 74 in intensive care, down three from the day before. Another ten patients with Covid-19 died yesterday, the government said.