Economy 12 March 2021, 9:01am

COVID-19: New cases at all-time high in Hungary

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The third wave in the coronavirus pandemic is in an upward trend in Hungary, the UK variant is spreading rapidly, and the number of active COVID-19 cases and coronavirus patients in hospitals are rising fast. Over the past 24 hours, local authorities diagnosed 9,011 people with coronavirus infection, taking the official number of infections since the outbreak a year ago to 498,183. 130 people have died of coronavirus-related diseases yesterday, and the death toll is now up at 16,627. Up to date, 346,904 people have recovered officiallly from COVID-19, but the number of active cases went up to 134,652. There are 8,718 coronavirus patients in hospitals, and 949 of them require artificial ventilation.

Hungary's 9,011 new confirmed COVID-19 cases marks a new record. At the peak of the second wave last November, the highest number of daily cases was 6,819.

130 people have died of coronavirus-related diseases in the past 24 hours, down from 158, 179, and 172 in the past three days, respectively. The one-week moving average also dropped slightly. The death toll is 16,627.

Following a stagnation for a couple of days, the number of people with coronavirus infection requiring hospital care jumped by 389 to 8,718, and 949 of them are on ventilators.

Authorities performed 36,796 COVID-19 tests in the past 24 hours, an outstanding number, but nearly 25% of them came back positive which also indicates the ascending trajectory of the pandemic.