Coronavirus on the rise again: Infection is increasing most significantly in Prague

The so-called seven-day incidence (the conversion of confirmed cases in the last seven days to one hundred thousand people, which we often heard from experts and politicians at the time of the worst covid crisis) climbed to 58 on Wednesday, when it reached 50 on Tuesday. In the metropolis, this conversion has increased from 100 to 113. Nationwide from 41 to 46.

Among other things, this shows that especially in Prague, the proportion of people with covid-19 is significantly higher than in more distant regions of the country. If 1,242 newly proven cases of the disease were recorded nationwide on Monday and on Tuesday 1181, Prague alone accounted for almost one third of it. And the wider metropolitan region, the capital with its and its Central Bohemian surroundings combined, recorded a share of 49 percent in the total number of new cases on Monday, and 50 percent on Tuesday. Thus, half of the newly proven cases fall on Prague and its Central Bohemian surroundings, although this area accounts for only a quarter of the population of the entire republic; 25 percent.

The number of infected will increase

However, current developments do not imply either a burden on the health system or a signal that appropriate restrictive measures should be announced in due course. Or perhaps holiday trips or the organization of summer camps were endangered. However, it is certain that the coronavirus is making itself more known – and this is happening earlier than expected by previous experts. According to the State Health Institute, this is related to the activities of the more contagious subtypes BA.4 or BA.5 of the omicron variant. This also corresponds to knowledge from other European countries. Apparently, a further increase in incidence can be expected. However, it is difficult to estimate developments accurately.

Numbers of people with newly proven covid-19 disease

Source: Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic