Ljubljana - Slovenia's coronavirus case count keeps falling with 2,109 new cases reported for Wednesday, 23% fewer than a week ago, as the number of Covid-19 patients in hospitals was slightly up for the second day, and six patients with Covid-19 died, Health Ministry data shows.

A total of 172 patients were treated for Covid-19 in hospitals this morning, including 24 in intensive care. While the overall number rose by two, ICU cases were down by as many from yesterday.

The same day a week ago 157 patients were in hospital due to Covid-19, of which 35 in intensive care.

The National Institute of Public Health estimates 32,703 people are still actively infected in the country, which is over a thousand fewer than the estimate the day before and compares to almost 39,000 a week ago.

The 7-day average of new cases is now at 2,036 and the 14-day notification rate per 100,000 of the population is at 1,549.