Over 14,000 new cases of Covid recorded on Friday

Laboratories in the Czech Republic registered 14,199 new cases of Covid-19 on Friday, nearly 5,000 more than on the same day last week and the second highest number recorded this week.

According to Health Ministry data, the Czech Republic presently has on average 660 new cases per 100,000 inhabitants in the space of seven days.

The number of people hospitalized with Covid is now over 3,800 with 550 of them in intensive care. Friday was 36 people died with Covid, bringing the total epidemic death toll up to 31,431.