Three more COVID-19 patients have died in Slovenia, 572 more tests have been conducted and 53 new cases have been diagnosed, the Slovenian government said on Sunday.

The number of cases has thus risen to 1,205 and the number of fatalities to 53 since the epidemic was declared on March 12.

So far, a total of 34,851 tests have been conducted.

There were 95 coronavirus patients in hospitals on Saturday, one more than on Friday, and 35 of them were in intensive care.

Since the first hospitalisations, 150 patients who have recovered have been released.