Czechs hit virus record but see significantly fewer deaths
ABC News
The Czech Republic has recorded a significant decline in people dying of COVID-19 despite facing a record number of infected in one month
PRAGUE -- The Czech Republic has recorded a significant decline in people dying of COVID-19 despite facing a record number of new cases in January.
Over 560,000 new coronavirus were registered in January, by far the most in one month since the beginning of the pandemic amid a record surge of infections driven by the highly contagious omicron variant.
It was over 150,000 more than the previous record set in November and 250,000 more than in December. Yet, 978 people died of COVID-19 in January, compared to almost 3,000 in December and 2,500 in November when the previous delta variant was dominant in the European Union country.
The Czech Republic has registered 37,243 virus-related deaths in the pandemic.
