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Coronavirus in Hungary – 162 fatalities, infections up by 5,047
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Fully 162 Covid patients, mostly elderly and suffering from an underlying illness, died over the past 24 hours in Hungary, while 5,047 infections were registered, bringing the total over the course of the pandemic to 276,247, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Saturday.
The death toll stands at 6,784, while 79,769 have made a recovery. The number of active infections stands at 189,694, while 7,807 patients are in hospital, 610 on ventilators.
Fully 49,365 people are in official home quarantine, while the number of tests carried out has risen to 2,275,935.
Most of the infected have been registered in Budapest (55,310) and Pest County (35,351), followed by the counties of Győr-Moson-Sopron (16,903), Borsod-Abaj-Zemplén (16,196), Hajdú-Bihar (15,387) and Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg (13,959). Tolna County (4,976) has the least number of infections.
Hungary’s restrictions to stay in place
As we wrote on Monday, Hungary’s current, strict coronavirus-related restrictions will be kept in place until January 11, PM Orbán said. The central board coordinating efforts against the epidemic will decide about a possible exception for Christmas Eve on December 21, in view of the situation then.
Orbán added, however, that December 31 would be no exception, with a ban on New Year’s Eve parties.
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Restrictions in Hungary
On November 10, lawmakers extended the government’s special powers by 90 days, allowing the government to suspend the application of some legislation, diverge from legal provisions and take other extraordinary measures by decree.
Humanity / Life over Economics – the Economy of the Country.
Trends continue to head in the wrong direction – new daily cases and daily deaths.
We must continue to support our Government – which this deepening Challenge that they are Faced with, exercise support to them, trust them, that Hopefully – they guide us lead us through and out of this threatening catastrophic humanitarian and economic “mess” that we ALL have to live in Hungary, at this time.
United we Stand – Divided we Fall.