Weekend brings slight decrease in COVID infections and fatalities in Hungary

Fully 206 patients, generally elderly with co-morbidities, died over the past 24 hours, while 6,296 new infections were registered, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Sunday.

So far 2,835,894 people have received a first jab, while 1,197,685 have been fully vaccinated.

The number of active infections has risen to 270,353, while hospitals are caring for 10,484 COVID-19 patients, 1,290 of whom need respiratory assistance.

There are 44,370 people in official quarantine, while nearly 5 million tests have been officially carried out.

Since the first outbreak, 720,164 infections have been registered, while fatalities have risen to 23,417. Fully 426,394 people have made a recovery.

So far, most infections have been registered in Budapest and Pest County, followed by the counties of Győr-Moson-Sopron, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén and Hajdú-Bihar. On the other end of the list there is Zala county with the least, 15,810 infections.

Source: koronavirus.gov.hu

Hungarian government partially lifted restrictions and will soon decide on further relaxing

Since April 7, Hungary’s government has relaxed some of the measures placed into existance before March 8th, and also included some new ones:

• 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.

Lieutenant Colonel Róbert Kiss told an online press briefing that the current rules applying to mask-wearing, gatherings, the hospitality sector, recreation centres, schools and the Schengen borders will remain in effect for the next week and a half and newer decisions are expected on April 19th.

Police have taken action in 50,429 cases due to people neglecting to wear masks or wearing them incorrectly since the government decree on stricter coronavirus-related defence measures entered into force on Sept. 21.

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Source: koronavirus.gov.hu