Figure of the day on the coronavirus: this is how Hungary stands in front of its neighbors



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In absolute terms, Ukraine (10,856), Romania (8027) and Austria (7296) had the highest number of cases last week (now taking into account the statistics of the previous Sunday instead of Sunday) according to John Hopkins University, while in Hungary with an average of 4,540 new infections daily. located in the middle.

However, due to the significant differences in the populations of the eight countries, the order is completely different if we project the seven-day average of new infections to 100,000 people. Based on this, it can be said that

The epidemic is most prevalent in Austria, Slovenia and Croatia, with Hungary ranking fourth out of eight countries.

According to the online database Our World in Data, Austria has the highest rate of new coronavirus infections per population in the world, ahead of Georgia, Switzerland, the Czech Republic and Slovenia. Although the Austrian government tightened precautionary measures on November 3, the measure has not proven enough to slow the spread of the epidemic, so a further tightening will take effect from tomorrow.

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