Coronaviridae

Ljubljana – The National Institute of Public Health (NIJZ) presented on Thursday a two-phase approach to dealing with the coronavirus this autumn and winter, with epidemiologist Mario Fafangel underlining the importance of predictability of measures.

The duration of the isolation of patients with COVID-19, as well as the quarantine for contact persons, is shortened from today, August 18. Patients with laboratory-proven COVID-19 will be subject to isolation for a period of 7 days, instead of 10 days as before, and contact persons will be subject to a 5-day quarantine (so far, the quarantine lasted 7 days) , specified by the Ministry of Healt

Ljubljana – A total of 2,591 cases of coronavirus were confirmed in Slovenia on Tuesday, more than a third more than a week earlier, which may be attributed to reduced testing on public holiday on Monday. One patient died, Health Ministry data shows.

The new cases of coronavirus in Bulgaria during the past 24 hours are 1,350 with 6,713 tests (20.11% positive), according to the data of the Unified Information Portal.

For the previous 24 hours, these indicators were respectively 1864 and 8845 (21.07%).

Ljubljana – A total of 1,582 new cases of coronavirus were confirmed in Slovenia during the extended weekend and nine fatalities among Covid-19 patients. Friday included, 11 patients died and 3,156 new infections were confirmed, data released by the Health Ministry shows.

The new cases of infection with coronavirus, registered in Bulgaria the last 24 hours, are 355, according to the data of the Unified Information Portal.

During the day, 1,496 tests were performed, of which almost 24 percent were positive. There are 19,734 active cases, and 215 have been reported as cured.

The new confirmed cases of coronavirus in Bulgaria for the last 24 hours are 818, according to the data of the Unified Information Portal.

3127 tests were done, which means that the share of positive results is 26 percent.

One patient with confirmed coronavirus infection died.

The new confirmed cases of coronavirus in Bulgaria for the last 24 hours are 1024, according to data from the Unified Information Portal.

5,030 tests were carried out, which means that the proportion of positive results is about 20.5 percent.

Ten patients with confirmed coronavirus infection have died.

Ljubljana – Slovenia logged 1,387 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, down by 4% week-on-week, as the two-week epidemic decline seems to be flattening. Another two Covid-19 patients died, the latest Health Ministry data shows. The number of people hospitalised for Covid-19 as their primary condition rose by two in a day to 100, including ten ICU cases, same as the day before.

Ljubljana – A total of 1,614 people tested positive for coronavirus on Wednesday, only 1.3% fewer than the same day a week ago as the pace of decline in infections has been slowing down. Data released by the Health Ministry shows three patients with Covid-19 died on Wednesday as 100 required hospital treatment for the disease, ten of whom required intensive care.