COVID-19 pandemic in Hungary
| COVID-19 pandemic in Hungary | |
|---|---|
| Disease | COVID-19 |
| Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
| Location | Hungary |
| First outbreak | Wuhan, Hubei, China |
| Index case | Budapest |
| Arrival date | 4 March 2020 (5 years, 5 months and 2 days) |
| Confirmed cases | 2,203,171[1] |
| Hospitalized cases | 31 |
| Ventilator cases | 2 |
| Recovered | 2,152,155 |
Deaths | 48,881 |
| Fatality rate | 2.91% |
| Government website | |
| koronavirus | |
The COVID-19 pandemic in Hungary was a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). On 4 March 2020, the first cases in Hungary were announced.[2] The first coronavirus-related death was announced on 15 March on the government's official website.[3]
On 18 March 2020, Surgeon general Cecília Müller announced that the virus had spread to every part of the country.[4] As of June 2021, Hungary had the second-highest COVID-19 death rate in the world.[5]
As of 19 March 2023, a total of 16,568,528 vaccine doses had been administered.[6]
- ^ Czeglédi, Zsolt (4 March 2020). "Megvan az első két fertőzött, Magyarországot is elérte a járvány" (in Hungarian). Mediaworks Hungary Zrt. MTI. Archived from the original on 5 March 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
- ^ "Meghalt az első magyar beteg". koronavirus.gov.hu. 15 March 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
- ^ "Az egész országban jelen van a koronavírus". index.hu. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
- ^ "Mortality Analyses". Johns Hopkins University, Coronavirus Resource Center.
- ^ "Hungary: WHO Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Dashboard With Vaccination Data". covid19.who.int. Retrieved 28 March 2023.