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This summary is provided by the STA:
Eight new coronavirus cases recorded, death toll up by one to 82
LJUBLJANA - Slovenia recorded eight new coronavirus cases on Saturday as 794 tests were carried out. One person died, bringing the total death toll to 82, according to government data. The number of people in hospital with Covid-19 was 80, three more than on Friday. Twenty-three patients were in intensive care, unchanged from Friday, and two were discharged from hospital. Until last midnight, as many as 48,973 test were carried out, of which 1,396 were positive. Saturday's number of new Covid-19 cases is roughly the same as Thursday's, when seven new infections were recorded, whereas the Friday figure more than doubled to 15 from a day earlier. Commenting on the sharp daily rise, Milan Krek, who is to take over at the National Institute of Public Health (NIJZ) if green-lighted by the government, attributed it to people not sticking to social distancing rules during the Easter holiday. He warned against a hasty easing of social distancing and movement restrictions.
First case of Covid-19 infection discovered as part of random population testing
LJUBLJANA - As part of a random population Covid-19 testing campaign launched on 20 April, one person who did not know was infected has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Epidemiologist have already contacted the person, who is from the north-east fof the country, and advised those who have been in contact with them to self-isolate. Miroslav Petrovec, head of the Institute of Microbiology and Immunology at the Faculty of Medicine, told the STA this was the first newly discovered Covid-19 case as part of the nation-wide testing campaign. However another person had been previously tested as part of the random testing who had known of their infection, having tested positive in March. While 3,000 people have been invited to take part in the campaign, 1,315 have responded to the invitation and 1,136 tests have already been carried out. Petrovec believes it will take at least until Thursday to complete the testing. Then, next week the blood samples will also have to be analysed.
Covid-19 positive soldiers return from Kosovo
LJUBLJANA - The three Slovenian solders who have been diagnosed with Covid-19 safely returned to Slovenia from the NATO-led mission in Kosovo (KFOR) this afternoon, the Slovenian Armed Forced (SAF) told the STA. Upon arrival at Ljubljana airport, a military medical team took the infected soldiers, who feel fine, to the Clinic for Infectious Disease in Ljubljana, which will decide what treatment need need. Another Slovenian citizen returned to Slovenia on the same plane with the soldiers, upon the request of the Foreign Ministry, while an epidemiological team was sent to KFOR's Film City base in Prishtina to disinfect the premises where the soldiers were deployed. There are some 250 Slovenian troops serving in the KFOR mission, which numbers about 3,500 troops altogether.
Slovenia's population up again due to immigration
LJUBLJANA - Slovenia had a population of 2,095,861 on 1 January 2020, up 0.7% from a year earlier. The number of Slovenian citizens dropped in 2019 as the multi-year downward trend continued, with the number of immigrants increasing again, Statistics Office figures showed. The number of Slovenian citizens in 2019 dropped by 0.2% to 1,939,510, which is a slightly bigger drop than in 2018, while the number of foreign citizens increased by 13.1%, a rise roughly on a par with 2018. On the first day of this year, a total of 156,351 foreigners made up 7.5% of Slovenia's population, a rise from 6.6% a year earlier.
Slovenia already at Earth Overshoot Day
LJUBLJANA Slovenia has used all natural resources for the year until 26 April, so it will now be living on credit from nature until the end of the year. According to a tweet by the head of the Institute for Youth Participation, Health and Sustainable Development, Tomaž Gorenc, this year Slovenia arrived at Earth Overshoot Day, previously known as Ecological Debt Day, a day earlier than last year. Earth Overshoot Day is a date calculated to show when humanity consumes natural resources beyond the Earth's capacity to regenerate them that year.
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