42,000 Hungarian lives have been lost to COVID-19

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

So far 6,375,020 people have received a first jab, while 6,123,154 have been double-jabbed. Fully 3,738,393 Hungarians have received a booster shot.

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, 1,657,615 have been registered with the virus, while

42,069 deaths have been recorded.

Fully 1,384,170 people have made a recovery.

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