STA, 20 August 2020 - Slovenia recorded 43 new confirmed Sars-Cov-2 infections in 1,168 tests on Thursday, a figure that had last been seen on 3 April and means a new record for the second wave which has seen a steady rise in the last 10 days.
No Covid-19 patients died on Wednesday, which means the death total remains 129. Seventeen patients need hospital treatment, two are in intensive care.
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There have so far been 2,536 confirmed Sars-CoV-2 infections, with 313 active at present, according to the national tracker covid-19.sledilnik.
The younger population continues to stand out among the cases discovered during the second wave. On Wednesday, 10 cases were in the 15-24 age group, 11 among 25 to 34-year-olds, seven among people aged 35-44, and four among 45-54-year-olds.
The figure for the 55-64 group was one, for 65-74 five, and for 75-84 three. One infection each was also confirmed for the above 85 group and for the 5-14 group.
The new cases were again dispersed around the country, involving 22 municipalities. Ljubljana had ten new cases and has 75 active cases presently.
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