260 new cases of Covid-19, highest figure since April 8, recorded Saturday

Saturday saw 260 freshly detected cases of Covid-19 in the Czech Republic, which was the highest one-day rise since April 8 and was almost 100 more than for Friday.

The country’s chief hygiene officer, Jarmila Rážová, told Czech Radio that the jump on Friday had reflected intensive testing in parts of the country with local outbreaks of the coronavirus, including at a mine in the Moravian Silesian Region and a car parts factory in the Liberec Region.

As of Sunday morning at 8 a.m., a total of 11,298 cases of Covid-19 had been recorded in the Czech Republic. Some 347 people have died with coronavirus.