In the last 24 hours, there have been 16 new coronavirus cases in Slovenia, five fewer than the day before, the national Covid-19 crisis response team stated on Friday.

Currently, 10 Covid-19 patients are being treated in hospitals.

Among the newly-infected cases five are persons aged between 15 and 24, six are aged between 25 and 34, three are between 35 and 44 years old, and there is one case in the 45-54 and 55-64 cohorts each.

Since the start of the epidemic in Slovenia, 1,649 persons have been diagnosed with this infectious disease and 111 of them have died.