
On Thursday, Czechia reported 17,668 new COVID-19 cases and 84 additional fatalities, all of which occurred over the past 24 hours.
In total, Czechia has reported 794,740 COVID-19 cases and 12,621 coronavirus related fatalities.
Czechia reported its first COVID-19 cases on 1 March after three people tested positive.
The United States is currently leading global COVID-19 cases with over 21.8 million infections and 369,990 fatalities, although India trails behind with 10.3 million cases and 150,372 deaths. As for the third-highest caseload and death toll, Brazil follows with 7.8 million cases and 199,043 deaths, Russia with 3.3 million cases and 59,951 deaths, and the UK with 2.8 million infections and 77,346 deaths.
The novel coronavirus was first discovered in Wuhan, Hubei, China, on Dec. 31, 2019, and has infected more than 87.6 million individuals worldwide, resulting in over 1.8 million fatalities across 218 countries and territories.