Weekday covid infections drop below 2000 for first time in six weeks

On Friday 1940 new cases of Covid-19 were registered in Czechia, which is a drop of about a third from the same day last week and the first time since 2 September that there have been less than 2000 cases recorded on a weekday. The number of patients with covid in hospitals is also decreasing; there are now fewer than 1500. The infection rate has been declining since roughly the start of October.