At the end of January, there was even a day when 76.5 percent of Covid-19 tests came back positive.Continue reading
Altogether 101 patients died of a Covid-related illness over the past 24 hours, while 13,932 new coronavirus infections were registered, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Wednesday.
The number of active infections stands at 229,240, while hospitals are treating 5,108 Covid-19 patients, 193 of whom are intubated on a ventilator.
Since the first outbreak, 42,170 deaths have been recorded, while 1,671,547 have been registered with the virus. Fully 1,400,137 people have made a recovery.
So far 6,375,808 people have received a first jab, while 6,125,019 have been fully vaccinated. Fully 3,741,717 Hungarians have received a booster jab.
There are 22,242 people in official quarantine, while 10,354,374 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 401 million confirmed cases worldwide, more than 5,7 million deaths, and more than 321 million recoveries can be found here and here by country.
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