Coronavirus in Hungary: over 121,000 active infections

Fully 92 Covid patients, mostly elderly and suffering from an underlying illness, have died in the past 24 hours and coronavirus infections have risen by 4,512 to 161,461, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Thursday.

Altogether 3,472 Covid patients have died since the appearance of coronavirus in Hungary, while 36,345 have made a recovery. There are currently 121,644 active infections and 7,532 patients are in hospital, 580 on ventilators.

Fully 38,610 people are in official home quarantine, while the number of tests stands at 1,433,008.

Most infections have been registered in Budapest (38,149), followed by Pest County (21,041), and the counties of Győr-Moson-Sopron (11,144), Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén (9,173), Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg (8,592) and Hajdú-Bihar (8,539). Tolna County has the fewest infections (2,141).

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 major new rule is that face masks must be worn in public spaces in localities with more than 10,000 residents, though it is up to local mayors to decide which spaces the rule applies to.

Among other measures recently introduced: school classes from the eighth grade as well as universities are now holding lessons and lectures online.

Also, a curfew is in force between 8pm and 5am, and work carried out beyond the home must be justified.