Weekly COVID-19 data show continued improvement in Hungary

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All key metrics of the coronavirus pandemic have improved further in weekly terms in Hungary, according to the latest figures published by koronavirus.gov.hu, the official government website dealing with COVID-19 issues. The data, however, remain scarce and unreliable.
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The table below includes the number of new COVID-19 infections, coronavirus-related deaths, and the number of infected people in hospital and on ventilator for the week up to 6 September, as well as the week-on-week changes for the past four weeks.

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As you can see, the w/w changes are rather hectic and follow no clear pattern. (The green cells show the biggest w/w decline (good), while the red cells show the biggest w/w growth / smallest drop (bad) of the last four weeks.)

The graphs below also attest this, although the trendlines of new cases, deaths and hospitalisations do show an ascending trend.

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Lacklustre vaccination uptake

A total of 4,168 COVID-19 shots have been administered in Hungary over the past seven days, down from 5,440 a week earlier.

The daily average dropped 23% to 595 doses per day.

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The number of Hungarians with SARS-CoV-2 infection in quarantine went up to 2,371 from 1,641 in a week. Not that this means anything amid the current Covid regulations...

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