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, 3 months and 13 days) |
| Confirmed cases | 2,203,171 |
| 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. The first coronavirus-related death was announced on 15 March on the government's official website.
On 18 March 2020, Surgeon general Cecília Müller announced that the virus had spread to every part of the country. As of June 2021, Hungary had the second-highest COVID-19 death rate in the world.
As of 19 March 2023, a total of 16,568,528 vaccine doses had been administered.