2,000 Covid cases a day as Czechia nears respiratory illnesses epidemic

Czechia is on the verge of an epidemic of respiratory illnesses, with Covid-19 currently the most common form of infection, Novinky.cz reported.

There are currently around 2,000 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the country every day. However, unlike in past years the majority of patients do not suffer serious complications and hospitalisation is unusual, the news website said.

The incidence of acute respiratory infections is 1,457 patients per 100,000 inhabitants; an epidemic occurs when the number of patients exceeds 1,600 to 1,700.