Czech Republic's COVID-19 death toll rises past 25,000

FILE PHOTO: Healthcare workers enter a room to treat homeless people infected with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a hotel, rented by Prague city hall, where homeless people who contracted COVID-19 can convalesce, in Prague, Czech Republic, March 22, 2021. REUTERS/David W Cerny

PRAGUE (Reuters) – The Czech Republic said on Tuesday the total number of deaths connected to COVID-19 had passed the 25,000 mark.

The country of 10.7 million has one of world’s highest per capita death tolls according to the Our World in Data website. It said the overall figure had risen to 25,055.

Its death toll from the virus has more than doubled since the start of 2021.

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