180 Covid patients died over the past 24 hours in Hungary

Fully 180 Covid patients, generally elderly and suffering from an underlying illness, died over the past 24 hours, while 1,238 infected were officially registered, bringing the total number of infections to 306,368, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Tuesday.

The death toll has risen to 8,462, while the number of people who have made a recovery has increased to 108,676.

The number of active infections stands at 189,230, while there are 7,124 hospitalised Covid patients, 522 on a ventilator.

Altogether 35,624 people are in official home quarantine,

and the number of tests carried out has risen to 2,528,225.

Most infections have been registered in Budapest (59,396) and Pest County (38,839) so far, followed by the counties of Győr-Moson-Sopron (18,000), Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén (17,654), Hajdú-Bihar (17,291) and Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg (15,323). The county least affected by the infection is Tolna (5,909).

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.

On yesterday the government has decided to suspend the night curfew introduced as a result of coronavirus for one night on December 24. 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.

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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.