Covid-19 death toll rising

Nineteen people died of Covid-19 or Covid-related complications on Wednesday, the highest number of deaths in 24 hours registered since the start of the epidemic, the Czech Health Ministry reported on Thursday.

142 people have died with Covid-19 since the beginning of September, half of them in the last seven days.

For comparison, only 45 Covid-related deaths were reported in August and 35 in July.