Ljubljana - The Covid situation in the country continues to improve, with all figures down or level. A total of 1,338 new infections were detected on Thursday, down 522 compared to a week ago, and 119 patients are hospitalised for Covid, including 17 in intensive care. Three more patients have died.

The number of patients at regular Covid wards is down by two, while the number of patients in intensive care is the same as the day before.

The National Institute for Public Health estimates there are still almost 24,240 active cases in the country, which is over 1,000 fewer than yesterday.

The 7-day average of new cases has dropped by 78 to 1,463 and the 14-day notification rate per 100,000 of the population by 51 to 1,146.