Nr of deaths, new infections continue to decrease

Altogether 50 patients died of a Covid-related illness in the past 24 hours, while 2,068 new coronavirus infections were registered, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Friday.

So far 6,398,615 people have received a first jab, while 6,178,638 have been double-jabbed. Fully 3,826,840 Hungarians have received a booster third shot and 232,691 a fourth shot.

The number of active infections has declined to 119,066, while hospitals are treating 2,338 Covid-19 patients, 109 of whom are intubated on a ventilator.

Since the first outbreak, 1,814,362 have been registered with the virus, while 44,653 deaths have been recorded. Fully 1,650,643 people have made a recovery.