Death rate soaring over COVID in first six months in Czechia

Some 76,300 people died in the first six months of this year in the Czech Republic or 33 percent more than a year ago, Michaela Nemeckova, from the demographic statistics department of the Czech Statistical Office, told journalists today. Despite the high number of the deaths, the total population number was over 10.7 million again at the end of June, although it dipped under the 10.7 million limit in the first three months.