Breaking – never has ever been the number of newly infected this high in Hungary

Fully 146 patients, generally elderly with an underlying condition, have died over the past 24 hours, and 7,269 new coronavirus infections have been registered, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Saturday.

The number of infections has risen to 459,816, while the death toll has increased to 15,765. The number of recoveries stands at 333,045.

There are 111,006 active infections, while hospitals are caring for 7,243 Covid patients, 751 of whom are on ventilators.

More than 45 thousand people are in official home quarantine, while the number of tests carried out is above 3.8 million.

Altogether 949,497 people have been vaccinated so far, with 304,880 having received a second shot.

Most infections have been registered in Budapest (86,635) and Pest County (59,981), followed by Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén (26,307), Győr-Moson-Sopron (26,165) and Hajdú-Bihar counties (25,498). The county least affected by the infection is still Tolna (10,252).

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