More than 10 thousand new infections in the past 24h!
Altogether 178 patients died of a Covid-related illness during the past 24 hours, while 10,265 new coronavirus infections were registered, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Wednesday.
So far 6,008,226 people have received a first jab, while 5,780,925 have been fully vaccinated. Fully 1,668,000 Hungarians have received a booster jab. The
number of active infections stands at 115,383,
while hospitals are treating 5,852 Covid-19 patients, 565 of whom need respiratory assistance.
Since the first outbreak, 976,432 infections have been registered, while the number of fatalities has risen to 32,514. Fully 828,535 people have made a recovery. There are 46,530 people in official quarantine, while the number of tests taken stands at 7,909,782.
According to hvg.hu, President János Áder said today in an interview with Népszava that they cannot highlight more how important the vaccine is. “We need more inoculated people because the vaccine is the only effective protection against the virus” – he added. He highlighted that the administration could not run a more intensive campaign for the vaccine.
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Source: MTI, HVG, Népszava