Ljubljana - Coronavirus cases in Slovenia continued to fall as 2,281 infections were confirmed on Tuesday, down by 24% week-on-week. Another five people with Covid died yesterday, Health Ministry data shows.

The National Institute of Public Health estimates the number of actively infected people in the country has dropped to 33,878.

The 7-day average of new cases decreased by some 100 on the previous day to 2,127, and the 14-day notification rate per 100,000 population fell by 50 to 1,604.

The latest infections were picked up from 1,427 PCR tests and 10,904 rapid antigen tests.

Hospitalisations slightly increased as a total of 170 persons are currently hospitalised for Covid-19, up by one. The number of patients needing intensive care is the same as yesterday, 26.