Coronavirus in Hungary – 118 die, 1,198 new infections

Fully 118 Covid patients, generally elderly and suffering from an underlying illness, died over the past 24 hours, while 1,198 infected were officially registered, bringing the total number of infections to 315,362, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Saturday.

The death toll has risen to 8,951, while the number of people who have made a recovery has increased to 126,482. The number of active infections stands at 179,929, while there are 6,003 hospitalised Covid patients, 468 on a ventilator.

The number of people cared for in the hospital has dropped by 376 since yesterday, the number of people on ventilators by two. 18% of the actively infected, 20% of the dead and 20% of the recovered are from Budapest.

Hungary’s restrictions to stay in place, but… 

As we wrote, Hungary’s current, strict coronavirus-related restrictions will be kept in place until January 11, PM Orbán said. 

Orbán added, however, that December 31 would be no exception, with a ban on New Year’s Eve parties.

The cabinet has also decided to ban as of midnight December 22 all passenger flights, including private planes for business travel, arriving from Britain, details 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.

A decree made commercial P+Rs, parking garages and parking lots in residential areas free of charge from 7:00 in the evening until 7:00 in the morning. Soldiers are helping the police in carrying out their duties in public areas. Soldiers have also been assigned to help out staff in 93 hospitals around Hungary.