Countrywide testing sees 2.95 million participants and 1.24% positivity overall

A total of 2.95 million people were tested as part of the countrywide 'screening testing' for coronavirus in Slovakia on January 18-26, of whom 36,547 (1.24 percent) tested positive. Prime Minister Igor Matovič (OLANO) released some of the data after an online meeting of the Central Crisis Management Team on Wednesday. Matovič also noted that the situation had worsened compared to the countrywide testing in late October and early November. Meanwhile, 37 districts with a test-positivity rate exceeding 1.01 percent will see a second round of the screening. There will not be a second round in Bratislava, for example. The country's worst result was posted by Dunajská Streda district (Trnava region), which is close to Bratislava, on 3.3 percent.