Czech weekend news in brief: top stories for Feb. 21, 2021
PES scores remains at 75, Babiš challenges plan to return students to schools, some Prague districts to distribute free respirators, and more weekend news
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COVID-19 risk index stays at 75, reproduction number 1.19
The Czech PES COVID-19 risk index has remained at 75 points out of 100 today, narrowly within the second highest degree (61-75) data from the Health Ministry shows this morning. The reproduction number has remained at 1.19.
Out of the four indicators the risk index is calculated from, three have been rising recently. Apart from the reproduction number, they are the average number of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants in the past two weeks, and the average number of new cases among seniors. The average number of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants over the past two weeks rose to 1,103 today, up from 1,086 on Saturday.