The Czech Republic recorded a record for coronavirus infections. This is evidenced by the data of the Johns Hopkins University project published on the website.
Over the past day, more than three thousand people have contracted the infection – this is a record figure since the beginning of the pandemic. A day earlier, more than two thousand cases were recorded in the republic. In total, there are 44.1 thousand infected in the Czech Republic.
On September 13, Roman Prymula, Commissioner of the Government of the Republic for Science and Research, announced the beginning of the second wave of coronavirus, he was quoted by the portal Blesk.cz. The politician noted that the Czech Republic is seeing a higher growth rate in the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 than during the first wave. The republic became the second European country to announce a new peak in incidence.
Prior to that, Austria announced the start of the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. Chancellor of the country Sebastian Kurz urged the population to comply with measures to prevent the spread of infection.
