Czech Republic reports 2,913 new coronavirus cases

FILE PHOTO: Members of the medical staff embrace as they treat patients suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the General University Hospital in Prague, Czech Republic, September 22, 2020. REUTERS/David W Cerny

PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech Republic's daily count of new coronavirus cases rose to 2,913 on Thursday, the second highest figure on record, data from the Health Ministry showed.

The total number of cases reached 58,374 in the country of 10.7 million, which has been experiencing a surge of infections in recent weeks after relaxing most anti-epidemic measures in the summer.