Still, almost 1,500 people are on a ventilator – the latest COVID-data

Fully 242 patien,ts, generally elderly with co-morbidities, died over the past 24 hours, while 8,637 new infections were registered, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Saturday.

So far 2,235,731 people have received a first jab, while 891,002 have been fully vaccinated.

The number of active infections has risen to 242,308, while hospitals are caring for 11,383 Covid patients, 1,437 of whom need respiratory assistance.

There are almost 60 thousand people in official quarantine, while the number of tests officially carried out is more than 4.6 million.

Since the first outbreak, 679,413 infections have been registered, while fatalities have risen to 21,504. Fully 415,601 people have made a recovery.

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So far, most infections have been registered in Budapest (126,790) and Pest County (95,323), followed by the counties of Győr-Moson-Sopron (38,527), Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén (37,707) and Hajdú-Bihar (36,009). The county having the lowest number of infected people is currently Zala (14,796).

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Coronavirus-related restrictions remain in effect until April 8

Hungary has no room to loosen lockdown measures yet due to a rise in coronavirus infections.

• Details: Hungary extends restrictions until April 8

Shops, with the exception of grocery stores, pharmacies, petrol stations, drugstores, tobacco shops, shops selling tools for “spring gardening”, pet food and fodder shops, and markets, will have to be closed, and services will have to stop, with the exception of private healthcare, social care, financial, postal, and car repair services, suspended between March 8 and Easter.

Kindergartens and primary schools will be closed from March 8 until April 19.

Gyms will continue to be closed for two weeks, but licenced athletes will be allowed to train and compete behind closed doors. Parks will be allowed to stay open and outdoor sports will also be allowed for activities in which people can maintain a safe distance of 1.5 metres. The government asks employers to ensure that their employees can work from home wherever possible, particularly in the case of those with children.

Mask-wearing remains mandatory outdoors. Hungary would impose tighter controls on its borders, adding, however, that freight and transit traffic will not be restricted. Wage subsidies and tax cuts introduced for the hospitality industry will be expanded for the period of the lockdown to all sectors forced to shut down by the new measures.

Source: koronavirus.gov.hu