Almost 20 thousand new infections in the last 24h

Altogether 77 patients died of a Covid-related illness in the past 24 hours, while 19,690 new coronavirus infections were registered, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Wednesday.

So far 6,365,250 people have received a first jab, while 6,105,342 have been double-jabbed. Fully 3,693,859 Hungarians have received a booster shot.

The number of active infections has risen to 230,549, while

hospitals are treating 4,341 Covid-19 patients, 163 of whom are intubated on a ventilator.

Since the first outbreak, 1,582,517 have been registered with the virus, while 41,548 deaths have been recorded. Fully 1,310,420 people have made a recovery.