According to a Hungarian GP practicing in Scotland, several shortcomings of the Hungarian healthcare, including care planning, are behind the tragic number of deaths in the country.Continue reading
Altogether 99 patients died of a Covid-related illness over the past 24 hours, while 12,885 new coronavirus infections were registered, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Thursday.
The number of active infections has risen to 231,613, while hospitals are treating 5,198 Covid-19 patients, 198 of whom are intubated on a ventilator.
Since the first outbreak, 42,269 deaths have been recorded, while 1,684,432 have been registered with the virus. Fully 1,410,550 people have made a recovery.
So far 6,376,902 people have received a first jab, while 6,127,609 have been fully vaccinated. Fully 3,746,680 Hungarians have received a booster jab.
There are 23,046 people in official quarantine, while 10,391,977 tests have been officially carried out.
The government re-introduced compulsory mask-wearing in enclosed spaces from November 20.
Detailed data on the more than 403 million confirmed cases worldwide, more than 5,7 million deaths, and more than 323 million recoveries can be found here and here by country.
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