Ljubljana - Over a week after the indoor mask mandate was lifted, the Covid situation in Slovenia remains stable with cases and hospitalisations declining.

A total of 1,043 new case were reported for Friday, down by a fifth on the week before, Health Ministry data show.

The overall number of patients with Covid as their primary or secondary condition declined to 218 and the number of ICU cases stood at 28.

Slovenia now has a 14-day case notification rate per 100,000 population of 801.

Seven patients with Covid died.