The coronavirus pandemic is the deadliest in Hungary?

According to today’s data, since the outbreak of the coronavirus, 26,000 people have officially died in Hungary due to the disease. With this, we have overtaken the Czech Republic in terms of population-related mortality, so the epidemic is now the deadliest in our country.

Although Portfolio highlights that data comparison is hampered by methodological problems, it is certain that in light of the government’s formal determination of success rates in human lives, tackling the epidemic can hardly be called a triumph. Let’s see the newest statistics:

Fully 214 patients, generally elderly with co-morbidities, died over the past 24 hours, while 3,607 new infections were registered, koronavirus.gov.hu said.

So far 3,419,450 people have received a first jab, while 1,453,300 have been fully vaccinated.

The number of active infections stands at 265,374, while hospitals are caring for 7,507 Covid patients, 876 of whom need respiratory assistance.

There are 41,857 people in official quarantine, while 5,205,923 tests have been officially carried out.

Since the first outbreak, 760,967 infections have been registered, while fatalities have risen to 26,001. Fully 469,592 people have made a recovery.

So far, most infections have been registered in Budapest and Pest County, followed by the counties of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Győr-Moson-Sopron and Hajdú-Bihar.

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The government wants to vaccinate everybody above 45

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Outdoor catering to restart when 3.5 m vaccinated

Bars and restaurants could again start serving customers outdoors when the number of Hungarians inoculated against Covid-19 reaches 3.5 million, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said.

Orbán also announced that while kindergartens would reopen and the lower grades of primary schools would return to their classrooms on April 19, 5-8 graders would stay at home and go on with their online classes until May 10. T

he government has decided “to proceed gradually and carefully,” Orbán said, and asked parents for “patience and understanding”.

Further rules include:

• The curfew will last from 10 pm until 5 am;
• Shops will be able to stay open longer, until 9:30 pm;
• The shops (clothes shops, shops in malls, furniture shops) that have been closed can open, but there is now a square-metre basis. 1 costumer/10 square metres/shop;
• Temporary security measures involving several services will no longer be in effect, meaning that hairdressers and beauty salons and further services can also open – however, under different rules;
• Nevertheless, businesses of the hospitality sector still cannot open; only the employees can be present at the workplace. Customers can only enter the restaurant to pick up their order. Hotels will remain closed.

The current rules are applying to mask-wearing, gatherings, the hospitality sector, recreation centres, schools and the Schengen borders will remain in effect.

Read more about Covid-19 in Hungary HERE!

Source: MTI