Hungary’s total COVID-19 cases top 20,000
Eight Covid-19 patients, all suffering from an underlying illness, have died in the past 24 hours, while the number of registered coronavirus infections in Hungary has risen by 951 to 20,450, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Wednesday morning.
The number of fatalities stands at 702, and 4,644 people have made a recovery.
There are 15,104 active infections and 558 Covid-19 patients are being treated in hospital, 35 on ventilators.
Altogether 27,449 people are in official home quarantine and 645,492 tests have been carried out.
The website warned Hungarians to observe social distancing guidelines and hygiene regulations.
A cabinet meeting on Sept. 16 decided to extend entry restrictions for travellers from abroad.
In addition to shops and public transport, wearing a mask is now mandatory in cinemas, theatres, health and social institutions and public offices, and clubs have to close by 11pm to curb the spread of the virus.
The operative body responsible for handling the epidemic response has so far ordered 7 schools to revert to digital education. Fully 202 classes in otherwise operating schools have also been ordered to work from home, and 22 kindergartens and 6 schools have gone on emergency breaks, the website said.
Most infections have been registered in Budapest (8,114), followed by Pest County (2,771) and the counties of Fejér (1,009), Győr-Moson-Sopron (886), Csongrád-Csanád (870) and Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg (820), and Hajdú-Bihar (813). Békés County has the fewest infections (186).
Latest count of confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide
The following are the latest updates on the COVID-19 global confirmed cases in hardest-hit countries by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University at 0500 GMT, Sept. 23.
Country Confirmed Cases
World 31,517,087
U.S. 6,896,218
India 5,562,663
Brazil 4,591,364
Russia 1,111,157
Colombia 777,537
Peru 768,895
Mexico 705,263
Spain 682,267
South Africa 663,282
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Source: MTI
Prime Minister – Victor Orban have been exemplary in their Management and Control of this novel coronavirus.
The continuing escalation of daily new cases does concern me.
We know the trend throughout Europe is the opposite in the direction that we ALL would like to see.
The figures being disclosed publicly in Hungary, the “hot spot” continues to Budapest.
The (23) districts that make up Budapest, which are ALL under their own governance, continue to experience challenges of tumultuous proportion, in their efforts to Control & Manage this novel virus.
Their has not been discovered a vaccine that can immunize human beings from contacting this deadly novel coronavirus.
The “zenith” in the second wave is expected January 2021 – somewhat in the near death of our winter season.
Progressive forward thinking, keeping abreast of probably future problems, planning for the – what if.
These are just minor examples of the immense concentrated intensity of planning Prime Minister – Victor Orban and his Government, daily focusing their attention.
Their may be need to consider District(s) isolation.
The “hot spot” districts, and it would statistically be known, consideration should be given to isolation.
What a process – but if it has validness and probability of effect, lessening new case numbers and potential deaths, it should not be dismissed and CONSIDERED.
Stay Safe & Well – ALL.
There are about 10 million or so Hungarians in the world. 20 thousand of you get a very bad strain of the flu. Just 20,000? That’s it? Why is that a reason to shut down the entire country? Because it does not make sense to destroy the economy based on a few sniffles.
Kender – please do your Mathematics.
The daily rate of new cases in Hungary say 800 as a “mean” – multiply that by x of days and your figure of 20.000 thousand will be obtained in a rapid period of days.
Your comments I find disturbing and offensive, lacking empathy, which those of us, that reside in Hungary can do muchly without at this time, in this challenge we ALL are living our lives, through the presence of this novel coronavirus.