Great news! – Daily death rate falls below 100 for the first time in months

Fully 98 patients, generally elderly with co-morbidities, died over the past 24 hours, while 1,145 new infections were registered, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Sunday.

So far 4,288,641 people have received a first jab, while 2,488,118 have been fully vaccinated. Altogether 4.8 million people have registered for vaccines and 80% of them have already received at least one jab.

The number of active infections has declined to 194,778, while hospitals are treating 3,353 Covid patients, 403 of whom need respiratory assistance.

There are 21,975 people in official quarantine, while around 5,528,240 tests have been officially carried out.

Since the first outbreak, 791,709 infections have been registered, while fatalities have risen to 28,602. Fully 568,329 people have made a recovery.

So far, most infections have been registered in Budapest and Pest County, followed by the counties of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Győr-Moson-Sopron and Hajdú-Bihar.

Registration opens for foreign residents

People in those groups can register at www.vakcinainfo.gov.hu, the centre said.

It added that vaccination would start in the second half of May with foreign residents in Hungary, with Hungarian nationals living in other countries to follow.