Wednesday sees second highest daily rise in COVID-19 cases

Exactly 399 new cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus were detected in the Czech Republic on Wednesday, the second highest daily rise in cases since the pandemic reached the country according to Ministry of Health data. The high rate of detections follows up on Tuesday, which saw the third highest jump in coronavirus cases with 367. The high rates over the past two days mean that the number of infections registered this week has already passed 1,000.

Thus far, 22,951 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Czechia, of which 16,954 have since recovered and 418 have died. Currently 5,579 are fighting the virus.