Economy 29 January 2021, 8:59am

COVID-19: Nearly 1,500 new cases, 83 deaths in Hungary

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Hungarian authorities diagnosed 1,459 people with coronavirus infection over the past 24 hours, taking the total number of infections to 364,909. 83 people have died of coronavirus-related diseases; the death toll is up at 12,374, according to the official government portal's Friday morning report. The number of people that recovered from COVID-19 has grown to 254,783, while the number of active cases dropped to 97,752. There are currently 3,649 COVID-19 patients in hospital, 258 of whom are on ventilators. Authorities have vaccinated 175,283 people up to date, 37,727 of whom have already received their second shot.

There were 1,459 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours in Hungary. The epidemic curve has been flattening but the number of new daily confirmed cases remains high.

The 7-day moving average also shows that the transmission rate has been receding. We're now at about the same level as we were before the restrictions were announced in mid-November.

83 people died of coronavirus-related diseases yesterday. While it is no consolence for them or their families, the worst might just be over in Hungary.

The number of active COVID-19 cases dropped by 4,404 to 97,752.

There are 3,649 COVID-19 patients in hospital (-20 d/d), with 258 of them on ventilators (+3 d/d).

Authorities tested 18,975 samples, 7.7% of which came back positive, down from 12% on the previous day.

Up to date, 175,283 people have received their COVID-19 jab in Hungary, 37,727 of whom got their second one, as well. This means that 5.48% of the population (9.77 mn) is vaccinated against COVID-19.

In terms of cumulative COVID-19 vaccination doses administered per 100 people, Hungary is at the bottom of the CEE ranking, with 1.94 doses as of 27 January, according to ourworldindata.org. Two days ago, Serbia was in the lead (5.32), followed by Slovenia (3.13), Romania (2.97), Poland (2.66), Czechia (2.21), Slovakia (2.11), and Hungary on the last place (1.94).

Globally, Israel is way ahead of any other country with more than half of its population vaccinated, followed by the United Arab Emirtates (29/100) and the United Kingdom (11.7/100).

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