Ljubljana - A total of 1,627 new cases of coronavirus were confirmed in Slovenia on Wednesday in what is a 63% increase on a weekly basis, as hospital numbers rose following more than two weeks of rapid case growth. The number of hospitalised patients nearly doubled on a daily basis, while there were no Covid-19 deaths yesterday.

According to the data from the Health Ministry, hospitalisations in ordinary Covid wards were up from 23 on Tuesday to 46 on Wednesday, and the number of patients in intensive care was down by one to eight.

Four patients were discharged from hospital, the ministry said on Twitter.

The seven-day average of cases was up by 90 to 1,084, and the 14-day number of cases per 100,000 residents was at 606 yesterday, up 42 from the day before, data from the National Institute of Public Health shows.