Covid-19 death toll rises to nine as two more deaths reported Friday

Ljubljana, 27 March - The coronavirus death toll in Slovenia rose to nine on Friday as two persons died, the second day in a row that more than one fatality has been confirmed. By Thursday midnight the total number of confirmed infections rose to 632, up by a record seventy cases in a day, the latest government data show.

Munich, Germany Coronavirus test. Photo: dpa/STA

Munich, Germany
Coronavirus test.
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A total of 90 patients were hospitalised as of Thursday, of which 22 were in intensive care. More than 18,000 tests were carried out by midnight on Thursday, over a thousand yesterday alone.

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