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Altogether 176 patients died of a Covid-related illness over the past 72 hours, while 45,407 new coronavirus infections were registered, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Monday.
The number of active infections has risen to 231,601, while hospitals are treating 3,903 Covid-19 patients, 150 of whom are intubated on a ventilator.
Since the first outbreak, 41,405 deaths have been recorded, while 1,553,405 have been registered with the virus. Fully 1,280,399 people have made a recovery.
So far 6,363,112 people have received a first jab, while 6,101,699 have been fully vaccinated. Fully 3,683,719 Hungarians have received a booster jab.
There are 29,596 people in official quarantine, while 9,936,724 tests have been officially carried out.
The website said the omicron variant was spreading rapidly.
The government re-introduced compulsory mask-wearing in enclosed spaces from November 20.
Detailed data on the more than 375 million confirmed cases worldwide, more than 5,6 million deaths, and more than 296 million recoveries can be found here and here by country.
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