The number of active infections decreased.

Coronavirus: the second wave, the second closure

Later than expected by many, but in mid-November, the Hungarian government also decided to try to stem the second wave of the coronavirus epidemic by introducing restrictions. At the time of the decision, 5,000 new infections a day had been identified, and the number of deaths from the virus mostly ranged from 50 to 100 in 24 hours. The first step is partial closure, but how effective it is is questionable. Follow our news!

A total of 5,595 people tested positive for the coronavirus in Hungary last day, increasing the number of people identified to 217,122, the government information page koronavirus.gov.hu ​​said Monday morning.

Most of the deaths were in 151 elderly and chronically ill patients, bringing the number of deaths to 4,823.

The number of healers is constantly growing, currently 63,860 people. The number of active infections, on the other hand, fell by 2,779 to 148,439.

20 percent of the actively infected, 24 percent of the dead and 25 percent of those recovered are from Budapest.

The number of patients seen in the hospital has increased by 144 in the last 24 hours, with 7,734 coronavirus patients currently seen in the hospital, 666 of them are on respirators, 9 more than a day earlier, compared to published data. on Sunday.

According to the government epidemiology website, only 8,946 coronavirus tests were conducted last day, a total of 1,648,022 since the outbreak began, which seems very little compared to 16,311 earlier. According to published data, 62.54 percent of the tests were positive. According to the recommendation of the World Health Organization (WHO), a country performs enough tests to have a true picture of the spread of the epidemic if no more than 5 percent of the tests performed are positive.

The operating court currently ordered extraordinary recesses in 319 kindergartens for one group, 152 kindergartens and 80 elementary schools for the whole institution, 531 elementary schools for one or two classes and 49 elementary schools for the whole institution.

On the last day, 896 new infections were registered in Budapest. In the counties, it developed as follows:

  • Hajdú-Bihar: +550
  • Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén: +402
  • Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg: +299
  • Plague: +293
  • Fejér: +275
  • Győr-Moson-Sopron: +272
  • Hall: +232
  • Bács-Kiskun: +226
  • Peaceful: +205
  • Veszprém: +201
  • Heavy: +200
  • Komárom-Esztergom: +195
  • Csongrád-Csanád: +185
  • Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok: +167
  • Baranya: +136
  • Somogy: +125
  • Tolna: +115
  • Town: +93
  • Nógrád: +78


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