Slovakia's coronavirus update for Thursday, October 21, 2021, is based on the state run websites covid-19.nczisk.sk and korona.gov.sk:
NEW POSITIVE PCR TESTS: 3,470
Positive PCR tests in total: 449,775
DAILY PCR TESTS: 14,282
PCR tests in total: 3,826,967
NEW POSITIVE ANTIGEN TESTS: 677
Positive antigen tests in total: 403,923
DAILY ANTIGEN TESTS: 21,061
Antigen tests in total: 38,876,656
NEW DEATHS: 3
Deaths in total: 12,886
IN HOSPITAL: 1,102 (+50)
Confirmed COVID-19: 1037 (+40)
Intensive care: 113 (+6)
Lung ventilation: 123 (-2)
NEWLY VACCINATED (1st dose): 1,384
In total (1st dose): 2,486,664
NEWLY VACCINATED (2nd dose): 1,997
In total (2nd dose): 2,271,310
INACTIVE CASES IN TOTAL*: 739,698 (updated each Wednesday)
* According to the Health Ministry, inactive cases indicate the number of people who have recovered from the infection, with or without symptoms. For people who were not admitted to hospital, between two and four weeks have passed since their positive test, while six weeks have passed for people who were admitted into hospital with COVID-19. These numbers concern all infections with SARS-CoV-2, detected either by PCR or antigen tests. COVID deaths are not included.
