Nearly 10,000 new Covid cases recorded Tuesday

Some 9,902 new cases of Covid-19 were recorded in the Czech Republic on Tuesday. This represents a jump of 60 percent on the same day last week and is the highest figure for one day since March 23.

There are 2,058 people in hospital with the coronavirus, which is the first time the 2,000 figure has been breached in almost six months. Of that number nearly 386 people are in a critical condition. The reproduction number is 1.40.

Author: Ian Willoughby