Czech Republic coronavirus updates, August 4: 210 new cases, masks likely to become mandatory next month

The Czech Republic reported 210 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, according to the latest statistics released by the Czech Health Ministry this morning.

The country has now crossed 17,000 total COVID-19 cases since the beginning of the pandemic in March, standing at 17,008.

There have been a total of 386 COVID-19 related deaths in that span, and 11,708 reported recoveries.

The number of known active COVID-19 cases in the Czech Republic is 4,914, the highest number since the beginning of the outbreak, but the number of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 continues to drop, now standing at 94. Nineteen of those patients are considered to be in serious condition.

The ratio of hospitalized patients to known active cases is the lowest since the start of the outbreak in mid-March.

Numbers in Prague have been on a slight decline over the past week, and now stand at just under 21 cases per 100,000 residents over the past week. That number was in the high twenties last week following continued cases traced back to an outbreak at the Techtle Mechtle club in mid-July.

While previously on the decline, there has been a resurgence of cases in North Moravia; the Frýdek-Místek district has now reported about 47 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 residents over the past seven days, the highest number in the country.

Prachatice has seen 43 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 residents over the past seven days, while Tábor has reported 27 cases per 100,000 residents over that timeframe.

Prague, Prague-East, Prague-West, Brno, Ostrava, Frýdek-Místek, Karviná, Tábor, and Prachatice have all been assessed the green lowest-level warning, suggesting occurrence of COVID-19 without community transmission. No other Czech district has warranted a warning level; the map will be updated each week.