Over 1,500 new Covid cases confirmed Thursday

Some 1,534 new cases of Covid-19 were recorded in the Czech Republic on Thursday, around 550 more than the same day last week. The number of people in hospital with the virus rose to 448, with 80 of those patients in a critical condition.

The weekly case incidence rate climbed to 74 per 100,000. The reproduction number was 1.33, up from 1.26 the previous day.