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Coronavirus: 218 Fatalities, More Than 10,000 New Cases Registered in Hungary

Hungary Today 2021.12.02.

218 patients died of Covid over the past 24 hours, while 10,466 new coronavirus infections were registered in Hungary, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Thursday.

The number of active infections has slightly decreased to 187,795, while hospitals are treating 7,450 Covid patients, 550 of whom are on ventilators.

Since the first outbreak, the number of fatalities has risen to 34,931, while 1,124,726 infections have been registered. Fully 902,000 people have made a recovery.

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So far 6,138,885 people have received a first jab, while 5,852,417 have been fully vaccinated. Fully 2,609,385 Hungarians have received a booster jab.

There are 59,593 people in official quarantine, while 8,516,699 tests have been officially carried out.

The government re-introduced compulsory mask-wearing in enclosed spaces from November 20.

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"Those who are still unvaccinated are urged to take the vaccine as soon as possible, as the delta virus mutation now circulating is the most dangerous one, capable of causing serious illness," the government announced.Continue reading

Detailed data on the more than 263 million confirmed cases worldwide, more than 5,2 million deaths, and more than 238 million recoveries can be found here and here by country.

Featured photo illustration by Attila Balázs/MTI


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