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Coronavirus: 366 Fatalities, More Than 10,000 New Cases Registered Over the Weekend

Hungary Today 2021.12.20.

366 patients died of Covid over the weekend (past 72 hours), while 10,105 new coronavirus infections were registered in Hungary, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Monday.

The number of active infections has decreased to 141,871, while hospitals are treating 5,537 Covid patients, 503 of whom are on ventilators.

Since the first outbreak, the number of fatalities has risen to 37,896, while 1,228,400 infections have been registered. Fully 1,048,633 people have made a recovery.

So far 6,226,399 people have received a first jab, while 5,937,305 have been fully vaccinated. Fully 3,104,194 Hungarians have received a booster jab.

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There are 33,383 people in official quarantine, while 9,014,430 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 275 million confirmed cases worldwide, more than 5,3 million deaths, and more than 246 million recoveries can be found here and here by country.

Featured photo illustration by Zoltán Balogh/MTI


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