Weekend marks drop in number of new Covid cases registered

The Czech Republic registered 6,914 new cases of Covid-19 on Saturday, the lowest number on a Saturday in three weeks. The risk index dropped from 73 to 71 points.

16,400 vaccines were administered on Saturday, and increase of 4,400 on Saturday a week ago. On workdays the day number of vaccines administered is from 40,000 to 50,000. Over a million vaccines have been administered to date, with 6 percent of the population now inoculated.

Around 200 people a day are still dying of Covid or related complications. The overall Covid-related death toll has reached 23,226.