Daily tally of new coronavirus cases hits one-month high of 31
Ljubljana, 12 August - Slovenia confirmed 31 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday, a one-month high, as 1,118 tests were performed. There were no new deaths reported, show official government data.
Zagreb, Croatia
Test tubes for storing swab samples.
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Slovenia's daily infections were fairly stable since mid-July, rarely exceeding 20. The latest increase comes amidst warnings that many young people are returning from holidays infected.
The number of coronavirus infections since the start of the pandemic has thus increased to 2,303 and 129 people have died of Covid-19.
There are currently 23 people with Covid-19 in hospital, two of them in intensive care.
The number of active cases is estimated at 188, up a tenth over yesterday, according to data tracker Covid-19.sledilnik.org.