Of 480 tests for COVID-19 performed in Slovenia in the last 24 hours, six have returned positive, and there has been one more death related to the infection with this novel coronavirus, the Slovenian government reported on Sunday.

Currently, 18 infected patients are being treated in hospitals, and two of them are in intensive care wards.

The latest COVID-19 related fatality, recorded in the last 24 hours, is the first such death after more than a month and a half, raising the national death toll to 112.

Since the start of the epidemic, 120,536 tests have been conducted, and 1,946 have been positive.