The Czech Republic has recorded a significant decline in people dying of Covid-19 despite facing a record number of new cases in January, reports AP.

Over 560,000 new coronavirus cases were registered in January, by far the most in one month since the beginning of the pandemic amid a record surge of infections driven by the highly contagious Omicron variant.

It was over 150,000 more than the previous record set in November and 250,000 more than in December.

Yet, 978 people died of Covid-19 in January, compared to almost 3,000 in December and 2,500 in November, when the Delta variant was dominant in the European Union country.

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