Hungary reports 33,716 new infections over weekend

Altogether 234 patients died of a Covid-related illness during the weekend, while 33,716 new coronavirus infections were registered, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Monday.

So far 6,374,293 people have received a first jab, while 6,120,914 have been double-jabbed. Fully 3,735,329 Hungarians have received a booster shot.

The number of active infections stands at 231,490, while

hospitals are treating 4,919 Covid-19 patients, 168 of whom are intubated on a ventilator.

The website said

the Omicron variant accounts for 94 percent of all infections.

Since the first outbreak, 1,650,562 have been registered with the virus, while

41,975 deaths have been recorded.

Fully 1,377,097 people have made a recovery.

As we wrote yesterday, in the spring of 2020, at the time the transaction was made, it was already known that one type of ventilator did not meet the requirements of safe use and that its faults could even endanger patients’ lives. Read more HERE: The Hungarian government bought Chinese ventilators known to be dangerous

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