Number of COVID-19 deaths in Czechia crosses 1,000 mark

The amount of people who have died in the Czech Republic as a result of contracting the COVID-19 coronavirus has reached 1,045 after 58 people died on Monday, according to Ministry of Health statistics. More than half of the deaths, 618 in total, have come since September 1 and more people have already died in October than in the whole of September.

The amount of patients requiring hospitalisation is relatively low, lying at 3.59 percent. However, as the amount of new cases grows day by day, so does the death toll, as there are ever more people fighting the virus.

The government is intent on cutting the level of spread and is set to announce new measures that will come into effect on Wednesday. However, a new survey conducted by the Public Opinion Research Centre shows that the amount of the population that trusts the measures is steadily decreasing, falling from June's 86 percent to 48 percent in September.