Czech Republic reports 3,364 new COVID-19 cases

There were 3,364 confirmed cases of covid-19 on Sunday in the Czech Republic, which is the highest Sunday value in the last six weekends. One week earlier, less than 2,000 new cases were detected. The PES risk score remains on the fourth day in a row at 76 points, at the lower limit of the highest degree of epidemic alert. The Prague, South Bohemian, and South Moravian regions’ situation correspond to a milder fourth degree. The worst situation, measured by the PES index, is in the Moravian-Silesian Region, which has 90 points out of 100. According to the Ministry of Health.

The second PES risk score is unchanged for today, which takes into account more demanding and reliable PCR tests and faster antigen tests. On the fourth day, it is worth 66 points out of 100. From the middle of last week, every client of any of the Czech health insurance companies can have a free coronavirus test for coronavirus.

Since the beginning of the epidemic, 627,523 people have been demonstrably infected with the new type of coronavirus in the Czech Republic. Approximately 104,000 have been infected since the beginning of December. About 85 percent of those infected have recovered, and 82,426 are currently ill.

The disease has spread most significantly in Ostrava and the Rychnov region in recent days. In Ostrava, almost 632 people per 100,000 have become infected in the last seven days, and 624 in the Rychnov nad Kněžnou district.

According to the Ministry of Health, there were 4,398 people with covid in Czech hospitals on Sunday, 588 of them in severe condition. A week earlier, 43 more were hospitalized. Most people with the infection have a mild course of the disease, and about 5.5 percent of those currently infected require hospitalization.

So far, 10,411 people have died in the Czech Republic with a proven covid, 35 of them this Sunday. Since the beginning of December, 1,887 people have died from the new coronavirus.

Laboratories in the Czech Republic performed 10,715 tests for the new coronavirus on Sunday. 31.4 percent of the first tested samples were positive, the most since November 7.