COVID-19: 578 new cases, 78 deaths in Hungary – February 2, 2021

Fully 78 Covid patients, generally elderly and suffering from an underlying illness, died over the past 24 hours, while 578 new infections were officially registered, bringing the total number of infected to 369,288, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Tuesday.

The death toll has risen to 12,656, while 268,803 people have made a recovery.

The number of active infections stands at 87,829, while there are 3,729 hospitalised Covid patients, 272 on a ventilator.

Altogether 18,030 people are in official home quarantine, and the number of tests carried out has risen to 3,176,944.

Hungary began rolling out the coronavirus vaccine in December.

So far, 243,036 people have received their first jab, and 68,526 have been fully inoculated.

Most infections have been registered in Budapest (68,548) and Pest County (45,908) so far, followed by the counties of Hajdú-Bihar (20,872), Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén (20,627) and Győr-Moson-Sopron (20,595). The county least affected by the infection is Tolna (8,048).

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Restrictions to stay in place until March 1

The government will keep coronavirus-related restrictions in place until March 1, and secondary schools will continue digital education, read more HERE.

A decree made commercial P+Rs, parking garages and parking lots in residential areas free of charge from 7:00 in the evening until 7:00 in the morning. Soldiers are helping the police in carrying out their duties in public areas. Soldiers have also been assigned to help out staff in 93 hospitals around Hungary.