Weekday new Covid cases below 10,000 for first time in over month

Some 9,624 new cases of Covid-19 were registered in the Czech Republic on Friday, a fall of around 5,300 on the previous Friday. It was the first time the number for a weekday was below 10,000 since the middle of February.

The number of recorded Covid deaths has now reached 24,530, according to official Ministry of Health data.

The reproduction number has fallen to 0.87. The last time it was below 0.90 was at the end of January.