*This graph does not include the new cases that were identified with antigen tests during the mass testing that took place on October 31-November 1, and on November 7-8.
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PCR and Ag testing
417 people were positively diagnosed with the coronavirus disease in Slovakia on September 7, the total number increased to 396,904.
The laboratories have carried out a total of 3,400,908 PCR tests, 9,450 of which were carried out on September 7.
They also performed 11,032 new antigen tests, 133 were positive. The total number of antigen tests amounted to 37,856,231 and 385,763 in total were positive.
Death toll
Altogether 12,553 people have died, according to the data from the National Health Information Centre.
The total number of inactive cases (i.e. people who have recovered from Covid-19 with or without symptoms, and for whom 2-4 weeks have passed since they have received a positive test result or 6 weeks if they were hospitalised with Covid) amounted to 720,267 in the 36th week of 2021.
Vaccination roll-out
Altogether 2,394,521 people have received their first Covid vaccine shot, and 2,253,785(43.54 percent) have been fully vaccinated as of September 6.
To achieve herd immunity in Slovakia, the estimate is that at least 4.6 million people (85 percent of the population) have to be vaccinated.
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Source: korona.gov.sk
Slovakia's authorities release the testing results as of midnight the previous day every morning. Starting on March 27, 2021 also private labs are involved in testing samples for the coronavirus.
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8. Sep 2021 at 10:06 | Compiled by Spectator staff
