New coronavirus cases more than double on Sunday to 2,515

Ljubljana, 10 January - Slovenia recorded 2,515 new cases of coronavirus on Sunday, an increase of 150% on the week before and the sixth straight day that cases more than doubled on a weekly basis.

Ljubljana Covid testing point. Photo: Nace Hočevar/STA File photo

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Covid testing point.
Photo: Nace Hočevar/STA
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About 48% of all PCR tests were positive, the highest case positivity rate in the current wave of the pandemic, show data by the National Institute of Public Health (NIJZ).

The 14-day case notification rate per 100,000 people was up by 85 to 1,719, and the seven-day average of daily cases was up by more than 200 to 3,643.

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