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Latest numbers – Coronavirus: Over 91,000 active infections in Hungary
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Fully 101 Covid patients, mostly elderly and suffering from an underlying illness, have died in the past 24 hours and coronavirus infections have risen by 3,945 to 122,863, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Wednesday.
Altogether 2,697 Covid patients have died since the presence of coronavirus in Hungary, while 28,808 have made a recovery. There are currently 91,358 active infections and 6,352 patients are in hospital,
473 on ventilators.
Fully 36,492 people are in official home quarantine, while the number tests stands at 1,259,454.
On Tuesday, 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.
With the exception of pharmacies and petrol stations, shops can open until 7pm.
Hairdressers, masseurs and personal trainers must observe general curfew rules.
Restaurants are limited to offering take-aways, while hotels are not allowed to cater to tourists, only guests arriving for business, economic or educational purposes.
Sports events must be held behind closed doors. Also, leisure facilities such as fitness gyms, indoor swimming pools, museums, libraries, cinemas, zoos and skating rinks must suspend their services.
Events, including cultural events and Christmas fairs, cannot be held under the special rules.
The government has asked religious communities make sure their rules conduct during ceremonies aligns with general coronavirus safety rules.
The authorities have ordered the suspension of total suspension of classroom teaching in 133 kindergartens and 24 schools.
Most infections have been registered in Budapest (30,345), followed by Pest County (16,107), and the counties of Győr-Moson-Sopron (8,939), Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén (7,135), Hajdú-Bihar (6,408) and Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg (6,397). Tolna County has the least number of infections (1,502).
Orbán: Hungary has 255 deaths per million people compared with the EU average of 437
“We must hold out in the fight against coronavirus until a vaccine is delivered,” Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in an interview with public news channel M1, in which he also announced that face masks will be made mandatory in all public spaces from midnight on Tuesday.
Asked if the government was concerned about large crowds assembling in places like grocery stores because of the curfew, Orbán conceded that this was a concern but added that they trusted the public to observe social distancing rules.