Hungary reports 873 new COVID-19 infections

Twelve patients died over the weekend of a Covid-related illness, while 873 new coronavirus infections were registered, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Monday.

So far 5,840,588 people have received a first jab, while 5,545,538 have been fully vaccinated. Fully 512,000 Hungarians have already received booster jabs.

The number of active infections stands at 6,502, while hospitals are treating 266 Covid patients,

34 of whom need respiratory assistance.

Since the first outbreak, 815,605 infections have been registered,

while fatalities have risen to 30,098.

Fully 779,005 people have made a recovery.

There are 2,630 people in official quarantine, while 6,715,858 tests have been officially carried out.

In Hungary, immunity certificates are still required when attending certain events, but people are allowed to go to hotels, stores, restaurants, baths, and water parks without an immunity certificate. Nonetheless, it is not easy to gain an overview of the continuously changing epidemiological restrictions and rules, so we have collected the latest rules concerning events. Read more HERE.

As we wrote before, the Hungarian foreign ministry has signed a memorandum of cooperation with Sinopharm-CNBG on Friday, on creating the infrastructure for manufacturing the Sinopharm vaccine in Hungary within ten months, details HERE.

Source: MTI