Number of new cases in Czechia exceeds 2,000 for first time

The number of people testing positive for the COVID-19 coronavirus on Wednesday reached 2,139, according to Ministry of Health data. It is the first time that the daily rise has crossed the 2,000 mark. Since the virus was first detected in the country in March, 41,032 people have tested positive for COVID-19, three fifths of which have since recovered. Currently, 17,619 people are fighting the disease.

Most patients are experiencing no or only mild symptoms. However, as the rate of new infections rises, the amount of people infected with COVID-19 who require hospitalisation is also growing slowly, rising by a third compared to last week.

Tuesday data shows that the number of hospitalised was lay at 388. That is 55 more people than on Monday. The amount of patients in serious condition lay at 81. Thus far, 482 people have died in the Czech Republic after contracting the virus, 58 of them in September.