Prague and the Hradec Králové Region are in the third stage of the depreciated PES system
In the capital, the index fell to 59 points on Friday. It is at 60 points in the Hradec Králové region.
At the level of the fifth degree are currently only Vysočina (83 points), Olomouc Region (77 points) and Liberec Region (76 points). The other regions are at the level of the fourth degree.
The index is calculated on the basis of data on the increase in the number of infected with special regard to the elderly or on the basis of the number of hospitalized for whom the infection is detected only in the hospital.
The PES was supposed to enable the public to predict the development of anti-epidemic measures, regardless, but the highest fifth degree and hard lockdown have been in place in the Czech Republic for a long time. The ministry now publishes it basically only out of inertia.
Politicians do not dare to speak of a possible disintegration in a situation where, according to updated data from the Ministry of Health, the number of people hospitalized in connection with covid-19 has reached over nine thousand and the number of patients in serious condition is approaching two thousand (Wednesday 1962). Tough measures will probably continue after March 21, when the current ones are planned.
According to his earlier words, the Minister of Health Jan Blatný (for YES) is willing to consider more fundamental changes in the measures when there will be 3,000 patients with covid-19 in the hospitals, ie about six thousand less than now.