Coronavirus in Hungary – Number of fatalities continues to rise!

Fully 181 Covid patients, mostly elderly and suffering from an underlying illness, died over the past 24 hours in Hungary, while 4,153 infections were registered, bringing the total over the course of the pandemic to 280,400, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Sunday.

The death toll stands at 6,965, while 80,753 have made a recovery. The number of active infections stands at 192,683, while 7,646 patients are in hospital, 606 on ventilators.

Fully 47,486 people are in official home quarantine, while the number of tests carried out has risen to 2,301,174.

Most of the infected have been registered in Budapest (55,801) and Pest County (35,776), followed by the counties of Gyor-Moson-Sopron (17,090), Borsod-Abauj-Zemplen (16,465), Hajdu-Bihar (15,612) and Szabolcs-Szatmar-Bereg (14,125). Tolna County (5,121) 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.