Wednesday sees lowest weekday number in new Covid cases this year 

Some 3,464 new cases of Covid-19 were registered in the Czech Republic on Wednesday. This was around 1,800 fewer than on the same day last week and also the lowest figure recorded on a weekday so far this year. There were 606 repeat infections.

The seven-day case incidence rate was also down on Wednesday, at 233 per 100,000 of the population, which is the lowest figure since the end of last October.

A total of 1,311 people are currently hospitalised with Covid, with 71 of them in a serious condition.