Covid 19: reproduction number rises to 1.32

Some 824 new cases of Covid 19 were registered in the Czech Republic on Friday, which is 327 more than on the same day a week ago, according to data released by the Health Ministry. The reproduction number has increased to 1.32.

The average seven-day incidence rate is 40 new cases per 100,000 inhabitants. Prague currently has the highest number of infected with 58 new cases per 100,000 people.

There are currently 230 people hospitalised with Covid, 32 of them in serious condition.