Hungary’s COVID-19 cases surpass 370,000

Fully 83 Covid patients, generally elderly and suffering from an underlying illness, died over the past 24 hours, while 1,048 new infections were officially registered, bringing the total number of infected to 370,336, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Wednesday.

The death toll has risen to 12,739, while 272,284 people have made a recovery.

The number of active infections stands at 85,313, while there are 3,679 hospitalised Covid patients, 269 on a ventilator.

Altogether 18,337 people are in official home quarantine, and the number of tests carried out has risen to 3,192,378.

Hungary began rolling out the coronavirus vaccine in December. So far, 247,270 people have received their first jab, and 75,036 have been fully inoculated.

Most infections have been registered in Budapest (68,737) and Pest County (46,057) so far, followed by the counties of Hajdú-Bihar (20,928), Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén (20,679) and Győr-Moson-Sopron (20,636). The county least affected by the infection is Tolna (8,082).

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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.