Coronavirus: 171 Fatalities, Infections Up by 5,415
Fully 171 Covid patients, mostly elderly and suffering from an underlying illness, died over the past 24 hours in Hungary, while 5,415 infections were registered, bringing the total over the course of the pandemic to 265,003, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Thursday.
The death toll stands at 6,451 while 77,362 have made a recovery.
The number of active infections stands at 181,190, while 7,869 patients are in hospital, 645 on ventilators.
Fully 43,923 people are in official home quarantine, while the number of tests carried out has risen to 2,216,880.
On November 10, lawmakers extended the government’s special powers by 90 days, allowing the government to suspend the application of some legislation, diverge from legal provisions and take other extraordinary measures by decree.