More than 3,000 people are in hospitals because of the COVID

Seventy-four patients died of a Covid-related illness in the past 24 hours, while 2,595 new coronavirus infections were registered, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Wednesday.

So far 5,958,890 people have received a first jab, while 5,740,424 have been fully vaccinated. Fully 1,243,000 Hungarians have received a booster jab.

The number of active infections stands at 46,408, while hospitals are treating 3,172 Covid patients, 350 of whom need respiratory assistance.

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Since the first outbreak, 879,092 infections have been registered, while the number of fatalities has risen to 30,994. Fully 801,690 people have made a recovery.

Fully 19,192 people are in official quarantine, and 7,477,324 tests have been taken.

Source: MTI