Monday's coronavirus cases lower than last week

Monday saw 239 people test positive for the COVID-19 coronavirus in the Czech Republic, a lower number of cases when compared to the daily increases recorded during the working days last week. The reproduction number, which depicts the average number of people infected by one person with the virus, fell from Sunday’s 1.46 to 1.37. Hospitalisations rose slightly from 25 to 31 people.

Monday also saw the application of more than 91,000 vaccine doses, bringing the total number of doses distributed in the country to 9,062,043.