The disease is most widespread in Prague. The peak of the omicron no later than the end of January
“The whole republic will start to rise and it will be very fast. We should reach the top by the end of January and start falling again in terms of the number of diseases, “he told Czech Television on Friday.
The disease is now most widespread in Prague and the surrounding area, where the number of new cases per 100,000 inhabitants is around 1,000 – in the metropolis it is 1,141, in the district of Prague-West 1,234 and in Prague-East 1107, followed by the district of Vsetín (902 ).
Jihlava (244) has the best numbers. Of the regions, the Vysočina region is the best (326).
Dušek said that the numbers will probably be announced outside Prague next week.
The omicron variant, which is more contagious than the previous delta, is now spreading in the Czech Republic, but the course of the disease is generally easier. At the peak of the wave, the Czech Republic may have up to 50,000 new cases a day.
In hospitals, the situation is reflected about five to ten days apart. According to the real scenario, this could increase the number of patients with covid per day. At its peak in one day, there could be as many as 5,000 infected in the hospital.
The current situation in hospitals is favorable. While there were 2606 patients in hospitals with covid last Friday, 471 of them in serious condition, this Friday there were 1802 hospitalized and 339 patients in serious condition. Hospitals refine the data. The trend has been declining for a long time.
The statistics of deaths with covid are gradually decreasing, but according to data from the beginning of the week, there are still around 40 people a day. The numbers from the last days are lower, but the latest data usually changes after the data is announced and supplemented.