Almost 1.5 million people caught the virus since its outbreak in Hungary

Altogether 64 patients died of a Covid-related illness in the past 24 hours, while 19,213 new coronavirus infections were registered, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Thursday.

So far 6,347,426 people have received a first jab, while 6,085,866 have been double-jabbed. Fully 3,573,570 Hungarians have received a booster shot.

The number of active infections has risen to 215,839, while hospitals are treating 3,267 Covid-19 patients, 157 of whom are intubated on a ventilator.

Since the first outbreak, 1,490,489 have been registered with the virus, while 41,151 deaths have been recorded. Fully 1,233,499 people have made a recovery.