WHO data shows spread of Covid-19 in Czechia accelerating fast

According to World Health Organization data the spread of Covid-19 in the Czech Republic has accelerated by 19.8 percent in the past week. The acceleration is significantly higher than that in most neighbour states.

In Poland the spread of Covid-19 accelerated by 4.7 percent over the same period; in Germany by 3.9 percent and in Austria by 2.7percent. The only exception is Slovakia where the spread of Covid-19 accelerated by 18.6 percent.

Health officials in the Czech Republic registered close to 2,500 new cases of Covid-19 in the past week, with some of the highest daily increases on record.