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Hungary’s Covid-19 tally climbs to 316,669 – Dec 28, 2020
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Fully 114 Covid patients, generally elderly and suffering from an underlying illness, died over the past 24 hours, while 609 newly infected were officially registered, bringing the total number of infections to 316,669, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Monday.
The death toll has risen to 9,161, while the number of people who have made a recovery has increased to 134,344.
The number of active infections stands at 173,164, while there are 6,261 hospitalised Covid patients, 448 on a ventilator.
Altogether 173,164 people are in official home quarantine, and the number of tests carried out has risen to 2,615,237.
Most infections have been registered in Budapest (60,924) and Pest County (39,843) so far, followed by the counties of Győr-Moson-Sopron (18,486), Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén (18,100) and Hajdú-Bihar (18,025). The county least affected by the infection is Tolna (6,140).
The first shipment of vaccines crossed the Hegyeshalom border on Saturday morning at 6 AM. From there, the packages were taken over by the police, read more here: Coronavirus vaccine in Hungary.
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.