Breaking: Czech Republic reports first three cases of coronavirus recovery

Three of the first people who tested positive for the coronavirus in the Czech Republic have officially recovered from the virus, according to new information reported by Czech Television.

Each of the cases comes from the Ústí nad Labem region, and were among the first batch of cases confirmed in the Czech Republic.

These cases displayed no symptoms of the disease in recent days, but only now their recovery was confirmed by two negative test results within two days, Regional Sanitary Authority head Lenka Šimůnková told Czech News Agency.

They are the first three cases of recovery from coronavirus to be reported in the Czech Republic.

Prime Minister Andrej Babiš also confirmed the information via his Twitter handle:

“In the Czech Republic we have the first three patients cured of coronavirus infection!” he wrote.

“All three at the hospital in Ústí nad Labem. Great news and great hope and motivation.”

Some of the other confirmed coronavirus cases in Prague no longer display symptoms, but continue to test positive for coronavirus.

Previously, the Czech Republic was the country with the highest amount of open coronavirus cases and no reported recoveries, with a total of 298 confirmed patients as of this morning.

Globally, there have been 174,966 reported cases, with 77,867 recoveries and 6,687 deaths as of this afternoon.

Most of the recoveries have been reported in China, where 67,819 of 80,880 confirmed cases have now recovered. The country has also seen 3.213 deaths attributed to coronavirus.