Slovenia & Coronavirus, Wed 23/12: Mass Testing Starts, 20% Positivity Rate

By , 23 Dec 2020, 14:27 PM Lifestyle
Slovenia & Coronavirus, Wed 23/12: Mass Testing Starts, 20% Positivity Rate covid-19.sledilnik.org

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STA, 23 December 2020 - A total of 2,129 new coronavirus cases were confirmed in Slovenia on Tuesday from a combined 10,593 antigen and PCR tests as voluntary mass testing got under way, government data show. The combined test positivity rate was 20%.

The government data also show that another 36 patients with Covid-19 died yesterday, which brings the overall death toll to 2,454, according to the tracker site covid-19.sledilnik.org.

The number of patients hospitalised with Covid-19 dropped by 35 from the day before to 1,226 after 123 were discharged home. 204, or seven fewer than the day before, were treated in intensive care units.

The 7-day average of new cases is 1,349 and the 14-day incidence per 100,000 residents is 941, show data published on the government website.

According to the tracker site, 1,913 of the latest infections were confirmed from the 6,524 PCR tests performed yesterday.

With the latest cases from PCR and antigen tests added to the total released by the National Institute of Public Health yesterday, Slovenia's case count since the start of the pandemic would reach 109,934.

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