Czechia’s Covid death rate surpasses 42,000

The total number of deaths related to Covid in Czechia has now passed the 42,000 mark. The country of 10.7 million has suffered one of the world’s worst per capita death rates since the coronavirus pandemic began. According to the website our World in Data, it has the ninth highest rate, with 4,001 deaths per million inhabitants.

The first Covid-related death was reported on 22 March 2020, while the highest daily death toll, 261, was recorded on November 3, 2020. There have now been over 4.7 million confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Czechia, including re-infections, since the start of the pandemic.