FILE PHOTO: People ride pedal boats on the Vltava river following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Prague, Czech Republic, June 22, 2020. REUTERS/David W Cerny/File Photo
June 29, 2020
PRAGUE (Reuters) – The daily number of new coronavirus cases in the Czech Republic rose to 305, the highest since April 3, Health Ministry data showed on Monday.
That is the fourth straight daily rise and brings the total number of cases to 11,603. There have been 348 deaths in the country of 10.7 million.
Health Minister Adam Vojtech said on Sunday that the bulk of the new cases have been in a mining region in the east of the country. The Health Ministry will hold a news conference on the COVID-19 situation at 9:00 a.m. (0700 GMT).
(Reporting by Robert Muller; Editing by Tom Hogue)
