Thursday sees new record one-day rise in Covid numbers

Some 3,493 new cases of Covid-19 were registered in the Czech Republic on Thursday. This is a new one-day record rise in infections and brings the total number of active cases to 39,391. According to the latest data, there are 1,028 people in Czech hospitals with the coronavirus, with 198 of them in a critical condition.

Twelve deaths with Covid-19 were recorded on Thursday. There have been 678 since the start of the pandemic.

A raft of new measures aimed at containing the virus will take effect on Monday under a 30-day state of emergency.