Coronavirus in Hungary – 187 victims in the past 24 hours

Fully 187 Covid patients, generally elderly and suffering from an underlying illness, died over the past 24 hours, while 4,428 infected were officially registered, bringing the total number of infections to 295,977, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Friday.

The death toll has risen to 7,725, while the number of people who have made a recovery has increased to 89,814.

The number of active infections stands at 198,438, while there are 7,335 hospitalised Covid patients, 564 on a ventilator.

Altogether 45,075 people are in official home quarantine, and the number of tests carried out has risen to 2,456,600.

Most infections have been registered in Budapest (58,036) and Pest County (37,623) so far, followed by the counties of Győr-Moson-Sopron (17,693), Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén (17,173), Hajdú-Bihar (16,694) and Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg (14,870). The county least affected by the infection is Tolna (5,659).

Hungary’s restrictions to stay in place

As we wrote, 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. Read more HERE!

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.