Despite the strength of Covid waves, the government opted for rather loose rules on disease control during this year's epidemic response. Here is a brief overview of 2021, focusing on the Covid pandemic.Continue reading
83 patients died of Covid over the past 24 hours, while 2,429 new coronavirus infections were registered in Hungary, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Tuesday.
The number of active infections has decreased to 100,247 , while hospitals are treating 3,335 Covid patients, 316 of whom are on ventilators.
Since the first outbreak, the number of fatalities has risen to 39,517, while 1,264,709 infections have been registered. Fully 1,124,945 people have made a recovery.
So far 6,268,108 people have received a first jab, while 5,986,342 have been fully vaccinated. Fully 3,184,580 Hungarians have received a booster jab.
There are 13,266 people in official quarantine, while 9,211,426 tests have been officially carried out.
The government re-introduced compulsory mask-wearing in enclosed spaces from November 20.
Detailed data on the more than 293 million confirmed cases worldwide, more than 5,4 million deaths, and more than 255 million recoveries can be found here and here by country.
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