Covid-19 was the second-most frequent main death cause in the Czech Republic last year when 10,539 died of it, more than 8 percent of all deaths, while coronary heart disease remained number one, causing 19,171 deaths, Czech Statistical Office (ČSÚ) reported. When it comes to the Covid-19 disease, in another 6,696 cases, the people who died with Covid also suffered from other chronic diseases, while Covid-19 considerably sped up their death.Moreover, Covid-19 considerably deteriorated the health conditions of many people and led to their earlier death, he added. In total, 129,000 people died in the 10.7-million Czech Republic last year, which was 15 percent more than the year before. The rise in mortality was the steepest in the last three months of 2020. The highest monthly death toll of over 16,000 was last November.