Covid-19: Friday sees fewest new weekday cases since August 2020

There were 454 confirmed new cases of Covid-19 in the Czech Republic on Friday, 217 fewer than a week ago. It was the lowest daily increase since late August 2020, according to Ministry of Health data.

Nationwide, the number of new infections per 100,000 people remained at 32 on average. The reproduction number, which indicates the average number of infected from one positive test, dropped on Friday to 0.68 from 0.71.

For a third consecutive day, more than 100,000 people were vaccinated against coronavirus, nearly 6,000 more per day than on average during the previous week.