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Coronavirus in Hungary – Number of infections on the rise
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Fully 93 Covid patients, generally elderly and suffering from an underlying illness, died over the past 24 hours, while 2,020 new infections were officially registered, bringing the total number of infected to 385,755, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Saturday.
The death toll has risen to 13,636, while 293,542 people have made a recovery.
The number of active infections has declined to 78,577, while there are 3,771 hospitalised Covid patients, 299 on a ventilator.
Altogether 20,794 people are in official home quarantine, and the number of tests carried out has risen to 3,357,672.
Hungary began rolling out the coronavirus vaccine in December. So far, 330,745 people have received their first jab, and 124,423 have been fully inoculated.
Most infections have been registered in Budapest (71,728) and Pest County (48,247) so far, followed by the counties of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén (21,687), Hajdú-Bihar (21,682) and Győr-Moson-Sopron (21,431). The county least affected by the infection is Tolna (8,566).
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.