Economy 14 September 2021, 9:25am

COVID-19 in Hungary: 246 new cases, 4 dead on Monday

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Hungarian authorities confirmed 246 new cases on Monday, nearly 89% higher than a week earlier. The disease claimed the livers of 4 people in the past 24 hours. The number of people in hospital and on ventilators also increased, the official coronavirus website said.

With the 246 new cases, the total since last March increased to 815,851. The week-on-week increase was 89%.

The number of fatalities rose to 30,102 after 4 people died of coronavirus-related causes yesterday, the same number as a week ago.

There are now 300 coronavirus patients in hospital, with 43 of them on ventilator. The numbers increased 43% and 80%, respectively, in a week.

Probably as a result of relatively high vaccination coverage, while the number of new cases is not rising as steeply as it did this time last year, the number of severe cases requiring hospital treatment is growing just as fast.

Authorities applied 8,963 tests yesterday, with a 2.74% positivity rate.

The number of people vaccinated is 5,843,502. 5,549,383 people have received two shots and 525,000 of them have received a third one. Vaccination coverage now stands at 59.81%.

Cover photo: MTI/ Szilárd Koszticsák