In the past 24 hours 82 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Slovenia, after 2,247 tests were conducted, the government said on Tuesday.

Fifty patients are currently hospitalised for coronavirus, including ten in intensive care, most of whom are on ventilators, the Health Ministry said.

Currently, there are about 50 active cases. Since the start of the epidemic, Slovenia has confirmed 3,831 cases of infection and 135 dead.

The head of the government's expert team, Bojana Beovic, told public television last night that the number of confirmed infections per 100,000 inhabitants had surpassed 40 in the past 14 days.