STA, 11 March 2021 - Slovenia saw its average daily increase in coronavirus infections over the past seven days drop to 705 after another 860 people tested positive on Wednesday, as Covid-19 hospitalisations fell to 453. On the downside, ten more Covid-19 patient died, data released by the government show.
Of the 5,786 PCR tests performed yesterday, 14.9% came back positive. In addition, 25,741 rapid antigen tests were also performed.
The number of patients hospitalised with Covid-19 fell by further 32 to 453 after 29 new admissions and 51 discharges yesterday. Ninety patients required intensive care, two fewer than the day before.
The 7-day average of new cases dropped by 23 from the day before to 705. For the country to move to a lower, yellow tier of coronavirus restrictions the average would have to fall below 600 after Covid hospitalisations have already dropped below 500.
The cumulative 14-day incidence per 100,000 residents is at 496 and the 7-day at 255.
Commenting on the situation at the press briefing on Thursday, director of the National Institute of Public Health (NIJZ) Milan Krek said Slovenia was still "deep in the epidemic", appealing to the public to stick to precautionary measures.
He noted the rising infection rates globally as a result of new coronavirus variants, assessing the countries were slowly descending into a new pandemic wave.
Despite the slow decline in transmissions in recent days, he said the curve was stagnating, expressing concern about a repeat of a similar situation in November when after a stagnation the curve started to climb up again at the end of last year.
Noting a slow increase in infections at schools, Krek said "additional measures might be needed if the situation deteriorates", but the goal was for pupils to finish school year in classrooms.
NIJZ data show that Slovenia has so far conformed 198,234 coronavirus cases, of which 10,445 are considered active infections.
Data from the tracker site covid-19.sledilnik.org show that a total of 3,918 Covid-19 patients have died.
However, NIJZ data released on Monday show that 4,156 patients with Covid-19 had died by Sunday, 7 March. Adding Monday's seven fatalities, Tuesday's four and Wednesday's ten to that figure, brings the death toll to 4,177.
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