Health-care Minister Zsolt Hegedűs commemorated the victims of the new coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) in a social media post on Saturday, noting that official records put the number of fatalities in Hungary at 49,124. A memorial list compiled by the Hungarian Medical Chamber in 2023 includes 84 deceased health-care workers, the minister said, adding that the […]

Last week, ten patients, mostly elderly and chronic, died (down from 17 in the previous week), bringing the total official number of deaths related to the new coronavirus infection epidemic to 48,838, the Coronavirus Press Center informed MTI on Wednesday morning, presenting last week's aggregate data. It said that 528 new infections were confirmed last […]

Last week, 16 patients, mostly elderly and chronic, died (up from 13 in the previous week), bringing the total official number of deaths related to the new coronavirus infection epidemic to 48,791, the Coronavirus Press Center informed MTI on Wednesday morning, presenting last week's aggregate data. It said that 641 new infections were confirmed last […]

The impact of the new coronavirus epidemic is also reflected in life expectancy at birth: while in 2020, it was 75.7 years in Hungary, according to Eurostat data, it fell to 74.3 years in 2021. Such a decline is unprecedented in Hungary since 1960. According to pension expert András Farkas, the pandemic has hit life […]