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270 patients died of Covid over the past 72 hours, while 21,219 new coronavirus infections were registered in Hungary, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Monday.
The number of active infections has risen to 137,951, while hospitals are treating 2,630 Covid patients, 228 of whom are on ventilators.
Since the first outbreak, the number of fatalities has risen to 40,507, while 1,348,233 infections have been registered. Fully 1,169,775 people have made a recovery.
So far 6,319,434 people have received a first jab, while 6,059,382 have been fully vaccinated. Fully 3,417,089 Hungarians have received a booster jab.
There are 39,669 people in official quarantine, while 9,530,346 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 328 million confirmed cases worldwide, more than 5,5 million deaths, and more than 267 million recoveries can be found here and here by country.
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