According to the results of the last seven days, the Czech Republic ranked first in the world in terms of the number of deaths from COVID-19 per 100 thousand inhabitants. This is evidenced by data from the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control, published by the Czech Ministry of Health on November 1.
“According to the results of the last week, the Czech Republic came out on top in the world in terms of the number of deaths from COVID-19 per 100 thousand people, ahead of Andorra, which was previously the leader in this indicator. The data on this was published on Sunday by the ECDC, “RIA Novosti quotes the ministry’s statement.
Over the past day, 11,428 patients with COVID-19 were recorded in the Czech Republic.
The ministry noted that over the past seven days, 1174 patients have died from COVID-19 in the Czech Republic, Gazeta.ru writes.
Since the beginning of the epidemic, 335,102 people have been infected in the republic, 143,359 have recovered, and 3251 have died.
In October, the Czech authorities restricted the movement of citizens across the republic due to the spread of coronavirus infection.
In September, Roman Primula, who at that time held the position of the country’s chief epidemiologist, announced the arrival of the second wave of coronavirus in the Czech Republic and said that in the near future the incidence could be equal to the spring one.
In addition, on September 1, the mandatory mask regime in public places was resumed in the Czech Republic.