Number of active infections slowly decreasing

Altogether 97 patients died of a Covid-related illness over the past 24 hours, while 8,883 new coronavirus infections were registered, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Wednesday.

So far 6,384,088 people have received a first jab, while 6,144,019 have been double-jabbed. Fully 3,773,694 Hungarians have received a booster shot.

The number of active infections stands at 209,035. This number was more than 210 thousand yesterday. Meanwhile,

hospitals are treating 5,166 Covid-19 patients, 203 of whom are intubated on a ventilator.

Since the first outbreak, 1,730,366 have been registered with the virus, while 42,851 deaths have been recorded. Fully 1,478,480 people have made a recovery.

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Source: MTI