Fewer than 5,000 new infections over the long weekend

Altogether 178 patients died of a Covid-related illness over the past five days, while 4,902 new coronavirus infections were registered, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Wednesday.

So far 6,399,413 people have received a first jab, while 6,180,406 have been double-jabbed. Fully 3,829,875 Hungarians have received a booster third shot and 236,168 a fourth shot.

The number of active infections has gone down to 110,526, while hospitals are treating 2,259 Covid-19 patients, 101 of whom are intubated on a ventilator.

Since the first outbreak, 1,819,264 have been registered with the virus, while 44,831 deaths have been recorded. Fully 1,663,907 people have made a recovery.

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Source: MTI