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Altogether 94 patients died of a Covid-related illness over the past 24 hours, while 7,053  new coronavirus infections were registered, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Tuesday.

The number of active infections stands at 231,376, while hospitals are treating 5,167 Covid-19 patients, 176 of whom are intubated on a ventilator.

Since the first outbreak, 42,069 deaths have been recorded, while 1,657,615 have been registered with the virus. Fully 1,384,170 people have made a recovery.

So far 6,375,020 people have received a first jab, while 6,123,154 have been fully vaccinated. Fully 3,738,393 Hungarians have received a booster jab.

There are 23,288 people in official quarantine, while 10,332,848 tests have been officially carried out.

Covid-19 in January: Skyrocketing Case Numbers but Fewer Deaths
Covid-19 in January: Skyrocketing Case Numbers but Fewer Deaths

At the end of January, there was even a day when 76.5 percent of Covid-19 tests came back positive.Continue reading

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

Detailed data on the more than 398 million confirmed cases worldwide, more than 5,7 million deaths, and more than 317 million recoveries can be found here and here by country.

Featured photo illustration by Zoltán Balogh/MTI


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