Two new fatalities bring coronavirus death toll to 45

Ljubljana, 10 April - Slovenia recorded two more Covid-19 fatalities on Thursday, bringing the death toll of the coronavirus epidemic to 45. The number of infected persons rose by 36 to 1,160, show the latest government data released on Friday.

Ljubljana The Department of Infectious Diseases at the Ljubljana University Medical Centre (UKC) treating Covid-19 patients. Photo: UKC Ljubljana File photo

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The Department of Infectious Diseases at the Ljubljana University Medical Centre (UKC) treating Covid-19 patients.
Photo: UKC Ljubljana
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The number of Covid-19 patients who require hospitalisation dropped slightly to 106, of whom 36 were in intensive care, two more than on Wednesday.

Nine were discharged from hospital, for a total of 137 persons who no longer require hospital treatment.

Slovenia has so far performed over 33,000 covid-19 tests.

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