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Hungary, With Highest Covid Death Rate, Says Virus Peaked

  • Fatalities, new cases, hospitalizations drop, latest data show
  • Government disregards expert advice on slowing reopening plans
Patients wait in line outside a vaccination point at Semmelweis University Hospital in Budapest on April 1.

Patients wait in line outside a vaccination point at Semmelweis University Hospital in Budapest on April 1.

Photographer: Akos Stiller/Bloomberg
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Hungary, the country that currently still has the world’s highest death rate from Covid-19, reported data that showed the virus has peaked, according to the country’s chief medical officer.

Hungary reported 1,645 new infections on Tuesday, the lowest level in almost two months. The number of patients being treated in hospitals has dropped by a third from the end of March and those on ventilators fell below 1,000 for the first time since mid-March, according to the latest data.