Second highest daily increase in Covid-19 cases registered on Friday

Health workers registered 486 new cases of Covid-19 on Friday, the second highest daily increase since the pandemic hit the country in March. The highest increase was last Friday with 503 confirmed cases.

The number of cases detected this week alone has reached 1,800. Altogether the country has registered over 23, 700 cases. 17,000 people have fully recovered, 418 have died.

The health authorities upgraded Prague to “medium-risk” on Friday, warning that the situation in the capital is worsening, with signs of community transfers. So far the increase has been driven by local outbreaks of Covid-19.