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Coronavirus – still thousands become infected every day
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Fully 70 Covid patients, generally elderly and suffering from an underlying illness, died over the past 24 hours, while 1,707 new infections were officially registered, bringing the total number of infected to 387,462, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Sunday.
The death toll has risen to 13,706, while 296,173 people have made a recovery. The number of active infections has declined to 77,583, while there are 3,755 hospitalised Covid patients, 312 on a ventilator.
Hungary began rolling out the coronavirus vaccine in December. So far, 335,188 people have received their first jab, and 128,195 have been fully inoculated.
The region having the highest number of infections is Budapest while on the other end of the list there is Tolna county.
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.