Hungary has the highest COVID reproduction number in the world!

The coronavirus reproduction number shows how many healthy people can catch the virus from an infected person.

According to hvg.hu, Hungary has the highest reproduction number in the world: 1.85. This means that 100 infected people can transmit the disease to 185 non-infected ones. The second place belongs to Colombia (1.76), while the third position is occupied by the Czech Republic, with a reproduction number of 1.68.

Zsolt Boldogkői, a Hungarian virologist, said that the epidemic now has another outbreak in Hungary, and the fourth wave is coming from the East. Gergely Röst, a Hungarian Mathematician, said that the new wave affected regions where the vaccination rate is low. He added that the current trend might result in calamities soon. Moreover,

even a new vaccination campaign would not be enough to stop the accelerating spread of the virus.

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Based on MTI, one hundred and seven patients died of a Covid-related illness in the past 24 hours, while 6,268 new coronavirus infections were registered, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Thursday. So far, 5,962,878 people have received their first jab, while 5,744,219 have been fully vaccinated. 1,274,000 Hungarians have received a booster jab. The number of active infections stands at 51,108, while hospitals are treating 3,366 Covid patients, 349 of whom need respiratory assistance.

Since the first outbreak, 885,360 infections have been registered, while the number of fatalities has risen to 31,101. 803,151 people have made a full recovery. A total of 22,587 people are in official quarantine, and 7,498,823 tests have been registered.

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Source: MTI, hvg.hu