Czech hospitals see record number of critical Covid patients

Some 1,568 Covid patients were in a critical condition in Czech hospitals on Monday – the highest level since the pandemic began. The number in hospital with the virus was 7,717, a figure not seen since the end of October.

On Monday 12,510 new cases of the coronavirus were detected, which was around 750 more than the same day the previous week.

Some 33.4 percent of tests carried out were positive. The reproduction number was 1.12.