In the last 24 hours, there have been 356 new cases of infection with the novel coronavirus in Slovenia, the government stated on Wednesday. This is almost twice as high as on Tuesday when there were 189 new cases.

In the last 24 hours, 3,998 tests for coronavirus have been performed. On Tuesday, Prime Minister Janez Jansa said that the situation was “no longer funny”.

Since the outbreak of the infection in this country with about two million inhabitants, 7,100 people have tested positive and of them 160 have died.

Currently, 122 Covid-19 patients are receiving hospital treatment.