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Three patients died in the past 24 hours, while 345 new infections were registered in Hungary, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Thursday.

Since the first outbreak, 814,419 infections have been registered, while the number of fatalities has risen to 30,080. Fully 778,531 people have made a recovery.

The number of active infections has risen to 5,798, while hospitals are treating 215 Covid patients, 26 of whom need respiratory assistance.

So far 5,830,217 people have received a first jab, while 5,535,463 have been fully vaccinated.

There are 2,563 people in official quarantine, while 6,664,898 tests have been officially carried out.

On May 21, the Hungarian government announced that most of Hungary’s remaining restrictions would be lifted upon reaching five million vaccinations. Further restrictions, such as the mask mandate, have been lifted as well after 5.5 million vaccinations were reached.

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Detailed data on the more than 223 million confirmed cases worldwide, more than 4,6 million deaths, and more than 199 million recoveries can be found here and here by country.

Featured photo illustration by Zoltán Balogh/MTI


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