In the last 24 hours, Slovenia has conducted 500 tests and none has been positive, while two patients, diagnosed earlier with COVID-19, have died, bringing the number to fatalities to 96, Slovenia's authorities said on Sunday.

Since the first confirmed case of infection with the novel coronavirus on 4 March, this Sunday has been the first day without newly diagnosed cases.

So far, a total of 1,439 people have caught the diseases. Of them, 59 are still being treated in hospitals, including 21 in intensive care units.