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Coronavirus in Hungary – Number of infected exceeds 670,000!
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Fully 267 patients, generally elderly with co-morbidities, died over the past 24 hours, while 9,055 new infections were registered, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Friday.
So far 2,156,680 people have received a first jab, while 863,195 have been fully vaccinated.
The number of active infections has risen to 236,144, while hospitals are caring for 11,747 Covid patients, 1,467 of whom need respiratory assistance.
There are 57,800 people in official quarantine, while 4,689,589 tests have been officially carried out.
Since the first outbreak, 670,776 infections have been registered, while fatalities have risen to 21,262. Fully 413,370 people have made a recovery.
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So far, most infections have been registered in Budapest and Pest County, followed by the counties of Győr-Moson-Sopron, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén and Hajdú-Bihar.
Coronavirus-related restrictions remain in effect until April 8
Hungary has no room to loosen lockdown measures yet due to a rise in coronavirus infections.
Shops, with the exception of grocery stores, pharmacies, petrol stations, drugstores, tobacco shops, shops selling tools for “spring gardening”, pet food and fodder shops, and markets, will have to be closed, and services will have to stop, with the exception of private healthcare, social care, financial, postal, and car repair services, suspended between March 8 and Easter.