Morning Headlines for Slovenia: Monday, 22 February 2021

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Morning Headlines for Slovenia: Monday, 22 February 2021 Wikimedia - Nitun007, CC by 4.0

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This summary is provided by the STA

416 new Covid-19 infections, seven deaths on Saturday

LJUBLJANA - A total of 416 new coronavirus infections were confirmed in Slovenia on Saturday from 2,067 PCR tests, for a positivity rate of 20.1%, while seven people infected with Covid-19 died putting the death toll at 3,776, the latest data shows. The 7-day average of new cases is 748, slightly worse than Friday's 740. As many as 566 coronavirus patients are in hospital today (down 13 from Saturday), of whom 103 are in intensive care (down six). There are an estimated 11,095 active cases in the country.

Norway's Laegreid wins gold at Biathlon Championships

POKLJUKA - Norway's Sturla Holm Laegreid won a 15-km mass start event for men and Austria's Lisa Theresa Hauser a 12.5-km mass start event for women as the 2021 Biathlon World Championships wrapped up in Slovenia's Pokljuka. Slovenia's team failed to deliver in terms of medals, having hoped for at least one in the mean's team. All the 12 races over the past two weeks at the biggest winter sports event in Slovenia so far were held without spectators because of the pandemic. The Slovenian organisers are still happy, saying Pokljuka has made name for itself to continue hosting World Cup events in the future.

Slovenians eager to travel as charter flight takes them to Tenerife

BRNIK/LJUBLJANA - Some 180 passengers flew to Tenerife from Slovenia's main international airport as the first charter flight this year was operated from Ljubljana airport. There are more charter flights to come during the winter season at Ljubljana airport but the Tenerife one is so far the only tourist charter flight, Fraport Slovenija, the operator of the airport, told the STA. Slovenian tour operators say that despite the pandemic, interest in tourist travel is increasing.

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