COVID-19 in Hungary: 780 new cases, 51 fatalities
Today’s new case number is slightly higher than in previous days, although those were muted by the weekend effect. The daily figure was well down from 905 last Thursday.
As for fatalities, the 51 dead are almost equal to Wednesday’s and about half of last Thursday’s 96.
This also indicates that the pandemic situation is improving.
According to the official coronavirus website, there are currently 1,836 patients treated in hospital and 212 on ventilator.
The last time the pressure on Hungary’s health care system was lower was last October.
Authorities applied 16,324 tests yesterday, 4.8% of which came back positive based on the number of new cases. Down from more than 20% just a few weeks ago, this also indicates he pandemic is receding in Hungary.
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