Ljubljana - The latest Covid-19 statistics show the number of cases steadily rising, as the number of new infections registered over the weekend increased by almost 40% on a weekly basis to 641, while overall hospitalisations have declined. There is a higher number of patients in intensive care, though, and three persons with Covid-19 have died since Friday.

According to the Health Ministry, there were 23 persons in hospital with Covid as their primary condition this morning, which is seven fewer than a week ago, plus there were nine intensive care patients, up by three.

Two persons with Covid-19 died on Friday, and another one died on Saturday, while there were no deaths on Sunday, the ministry tweeted.

The 14-day case notification rate per 100,000 population now stands at 478, up by more than 140 over the same day a week ago, shows the data from the National Institute of Public Health.