as only six people at most will be allowed to sit at one table. educational facilities would follow the instructions of their regional public health authorities, which will issue measures depending on the situation in the region and in line with the epidemiological traffic light system. a restriction on tuition in the form of a switch to distance learning is to apply to secondary and higher vocational schools and universities in regions with a red or amber. kindergartens and first stage primary schools remain regularly open, where no face masks will be needed. the wearing of face masks is mandatory in all interior spaces of universities. no restrictions on travelling were introduced 8 october – new record with 5,335 new covid-19 cases reported in the czech republic. the czech republic overtook spain as europe's most-affected country. the percentage of covid-19 patients requiring hospitalisation rose above 4% for the first time in three months. secondary schools and universities have switched to distance learning but only in high-risk areas of the czech republic. visits and tours to zoos and all organised hobby, recreational and other clubs for children from 6 to 18 years old are banned. kindergartens and primary schools remain regularly open, where no face masks will be needed. 9 october – the czech government announced new restrictions. indoor sports facilities and culture venues will have to close for 2 weeks. restaurants and other catering facilities will have to close as early as 8 pm. dining establishments will be limited to 4 people at one table, and pupils in the upper level of elementary schools will alternate in-class and distance learning. a group of shopping centers in prague have decided to temporarily switch off their wifi in an attempt to stop students from gathering there. lower levels of elementary schools, kindergartens and playgrounds are not effected by the new restrictions and remain open, without face masks needed. age specific covid-19 cases in czech republic in september week 42 (12–18 oct) 12 october – the presence of students at universities will be prohibited, with the exception of clinical and practical teaching as well internships in study programmes for general medicine, dentistry, pharmacology and other healthcare study programmes. measures were also taken on 12 october that were intended for elementary and secondary schools, but they were substantially changed the following day. 13 october – czech government unveiled very strict anti-covid measures. they will be valid for 14 days, starting from 14 october. the new measures include the closure of pubs and restaurants and a ban on public alcohol consumption. pubs and restaurants may still operate on a delivery and takeaway basis. takeaway windows can only operate until 8 pm. additional measures are aimed at preventing people from gathering in public. they include a limit on group sizes to a maximum of six people. the requirement to wear a face mask in all train, tram, and bus stations is mandatory. all primary and secondary schools will switch to distance learning. the measures regarding schools will last through 1 november. playgrounds and kindergartens remain open without any restrictions. police from the 11th general crime department of the first police district in prague uncovered an underground venue on vodičková street in central prague operating after 8 pm, with around 35 guests packed into a cellar bar, who were drinking, dancing, and consuming drugs in late hours of the night. 15 october – a record 9,500 covid cases out of a record amount of 30,894 performed tests. czech railways restricts connections and will adjust the operation of long-distance trains beyond rush hours. prime minister andrej babiš announced the government will start increasing the number of beds outside hospitals this weekend. around 3,000 beds plus an additional 1,000 for specialised treatment. locations the government is looking at are spa facilities around the country and a field hospital, to be built by the army, at the letňany exhibition center. 18 october – a sunday-afternoon demonstration against the czech government's anti-coronavirus restrictions ended in dramatic clashes between protesters and the police after the rally was officially terminated. there were roughly 2,000 people at the rally. several protesters were football fans who attempted to break through the police cordon. resulting in 144 arrests and dozens of injuries week 43 (19–25 oct) 20 october – face masks again become mandatory at outdoor locations in cities, towns and villages where people are less than two meters apart. within the czech republic, the highest rates of covid-19 infection are now being reported in zlín (798 cases per 100,000 residents over the past seven days), plzeň-north (725 cases), and prostějov (720 cases). in prague, there have been 501 covid-19 cases per 100,000 residents over the past week. 21 october – government have announced a new series of lockdown measures that will close most shops and services from the 22nd. with the exception of grocery stores, drugstores, pharmacies, and other shops providing essential goods all retail stores in the czech republic must close as of 6:00 a.m. on thursday morning, 22 october. the same applies to hairdressers, nail salons, and other venues providing similar services. outside groups will be limited to a maximum of two, with the exception of family members from the same household. only necessary travel should be undertaken, such as travelling to work or to buy food. the new measures will last until the end of the current state of emergency in the czech republic, on 3 november. the new measures do not affect the operation of nurseries and kindergartens, which may remain open. all other schools in the czech republic have switched to distance learning. 23 october – the health minister roman prymula has been under fire to resign after a media report that he broke strict government restrictions and visited a prague restaurant, which should have been closed following the restrictions set by his ministry. in the photographs, prymula also didn't wear a mandatory mask. statistics nationwide show cumulative tests show cumulative cases daily cases show daily cases show daily recovered show daily deaths tests per day tests per day (including repeated tests on the same person) development daily ratio (in%) of number of persons tested positive on the total number of tests performed development daily ratio (in%) of number of persons tested positive on the total number of tests performed (including repeated tests on the same person) development of r ratio in the czech republic development of r ratio in the czech republic *the reproduction number (r ratio) is a way of rating coronavirus or any disease's ability to spread. if the reproduction number is higher than one (1,0), then the number of cases increases exponentially if the number is lower the disease will eventually stop spreading, as not enough new people are being infected to sustain the outbreak. overall statistics on 10 december, the collection of laws published a decree introducing compulsory vaccination (against covid-19) for people over the age of 60 and for selected professions where higher risk coronavirus infections. this decree is issued pursuant to act no. 258/2000 coll. confirmed covid-19 cases in the czech republic by sex and age as of 27 december 2020 classification cases recovered deaths lethality men women total men women total men women total men women total all 314,997 (47.7 %) 345,261 (52.3 %) 660,240 (100%) 277,485 (47.5 %) 306,110 (52.5 %) 583,595 (100%) 6,314 (56.1 %) 4,944 (43.9 %) 11,258 (100%) 2 % 1.43 % 1.71 % age 0–14 30,180 28,708 58,888 26,598 (9.6%) 25,250 (8.2%) 51,848 (8.9%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 15–24 33,061 33,372 66,433 30,427 (11.0%) 30,647 (10.0%) 61,074 (10.5%) 2 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 2 (0.0%) 0.01 % 0.00% 0 % 25–34 48,281 45,733 94,014 44,480 (16.0%) 41,571 (13.6%) 86,051 (14.7%) 12 (0.2%) 7 (0.1%) 19 (0.2%) 0.02 % 0.02 % 0.02 % 35–44 55,454 62,034 117,488 50,016 (18.0%) 55,725 (18.2%) 105,741 (18.1%) 40 (0.6%) 25 (0.5%) 65 (0.6%) 0.07 % 0.04 % 0.06 % 45–54 58,329 69,582 127,911 52,597 (19.0%) 63,137 (20.6%) 115,734 (19.8%) 107 (1.7%) 64 (1.3%) 171 (1.5%) 0.18 % 0.09 % 0.13 % 55–64 42,854 45,217 88,071 37,997 (13.7%) 40,338 (13.2%) 78,385 (13.4%) 462 (7.3%) 196 (4.0%) 658 (5.8%) 1.08 % 0.43 % 0.75 % 65–74 27,270 27,716 54,986 21,976 (7.9%) 23,443 (7.7%) 45,419 (7.8%) 1,729 (27.4%) 814 (16.5%) 2,543 (22.6%) 6.34 % 2.94 % 4.62 % 75–84 14,351 19,675 34,026 10,097 (3.6%) 15,758 (5.1%) 25,855 (4.4%) 2,473 (39.2%) 1,804 (36.5%) 4,277 (38.0%) 17.23 % 9.17 % 12.57 % 85+ 5,199 13,224 18,426 3,297 (1.2%) 10,191 (3.3%) 13,488 (2.3%) 1,489 (24.3%) 2,034 (41.7%) 3,523 (31.5%) 28.64 % 15.38 % 19.12 % covid-19 cases in the czech republic date confirmed recovered deaths activecases tested(total) detectedratio new total new total new total 28 february 00 00 00 0 193 29 february 00 00 00 0 200 1 march 33 00 00 3 211 27.27% 2 march 03 00 00 3 262 0% 3 march 25 00 00 5 340 2.56% 4 march 05 00 00 5 407 0% 5 march 38 00 00 8 483 3.95% 6 march 1119 00 00 19 594 9.91% 7 march 726 00 00 26 787 3.63% 8 march 632 00 00 32 928 4.26% 9 march 638 00 00 38 1,193 2.26% 10 march 2563 00 00 63 1,358 15.15% 11 march 3194 00 00 94 1,816 6.77% 12 march 22116 00 00 116 2,353 4.1% 13 march 25141 00 00 141 3,198 2.96% 14 march 48189 00 00 189 4,184 4.87% 15 march 109298 33 00 295 5,212 10.6% 16 march 85383 03 00 380 6,531 6.44% 17 march 67450 03 00 447 7,825 5.18% 18 march 110560 03 00 557 9,581 6.26% 19 march 205765 14 00 761 11,840 5.11% 20 march 124889 48 00 881 13,961 5.85% 21 march 1581,047 19 00 1,038 15,843 8.4% 22 march 1141,161 09 11 1,151 17,644 6.33% 23 march 1261,287 312 01 1,274 19,935 5.5% 24 march 1851,472 113 23 1,456 22,997 6.04% 25 march 2911,763 316 69 1,738 27,104 7.09% 26 march 2592,022 723 110 1,989 31,737 5.59% 27 march 3732,395 1134 212 2,349 37,096 6.96% 28 march 2622,657 438 517 2,602 41,320 6.2% 29 march 1602,817 1250 623 2,744 44,168 5.62% 30 march 1843,001 2575 528 2,898 49,327 3.57% 31 march 3073,308 1489 735 3,184 55,988 4.61% date confirmed recovered deaths activecases tested(total) detectedratio new total new total new total 1 april 2813,589 40129 843 3,417 62,090 4.61% 2 april 2693,858 35164 548 3,646 68,763 4.03% 3 april 3324,190 54218 957 3,915 76,161 4.49% 4 april 2824,472 39257 865 4,150 81,998 4.83% 5 april 1154,587 39296 1176 4,215 86,810 2.39% 6 april 2354,822 81377 783 4,362 93,245 3.65% 7 april 1955,017 110487 992 4,438 101,418 2.39% 8 april 2955,312 96583 14106 4,623 109,887 3.48% 9 april 2575,569 162745 11117 4,707 118,067 3.14% 10 april 1635,732 120865 10127 4,740 123,769 2.86% 11 april 1705,902 119984 10137 4,781 128,660 3.48% 12 april 895,991 991,083 10147 4,761 131,910 2.74% 13 april 686,059 971,180 10157 4,722 135,125 2.12% 14 april 826,141 1781,358 8165 4,618 141,298 1.33% 15 april 1606,301 1841,542 0165 4,594 149,774 1.89% 16 april 1326,433 2451,787 2167 4,479 158,155 1.57% 17 april 1166,549 2872,074 7174 4,301 166,443 1.4% 18 april 1056,654 1322,206 5179 4,269 172,048 1.87% 19 april 926,746 1322,338 9188 4,220 176,075 2.28% 20 april 1546,900 2122,550 8196 4,154 182,642 2.35% 21 april 1337,033 2022,752 9205 4,076 190,983 1.59% 22 april 997,132 2763,028 2207 3,897 199,801 1.12% 23 april 557,187 2163,244 5212 3,731 207,702 0.7% 24 april 867,273 2233,467 7219 3,587 214,831 1.21% 25 april 797,352 1223,589 4223 3,540 219,277 1.78% 26 april 527,404 753,664 3226 3,514 222,658 1.54% 27 april 417,445 1633,827 1227 3,391 230,412 0.53% 28 april 597,504 1273,954 4231 3,319 239,153 0.67% 29 april 757,579 1574,111 4235 3,233 246,475 1.02% 30 april 1037,682 1664,277 9244 3,161 253,871 1.39% date confirmed recovered deaths activecases tested(total) detectedratio new total new total new total 1 may 557,737 984,375 6250 3,112 258,284 1.25% 2 may 187,755 904,465 2252 3,038 262,164 0.46% 3 may 267,781 534,518 3255 3,008 266,045 0.67% 4 may 387,819 1344,652 5260 2,907 273,672 0.5% 5 may 777,896 1414,793 2262 2,841 283,119 0.82% 6 may 787,974 1514,944 4266 2,764 291,202 0.96% 7 may 578,031 1325,076 5271 2,684 298,784 0.75% 8 may 468,077 535,129 4275 2,673 303,341 1.01% 9 may 188,095 645,193 4279 2,623