Fully 83 Covid patients, generally elderly and suffering from an underlying illness, died over the past 24 hours, while 1,459 new infections were officially registered, bringing the total number of infected to 364,909, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Friday.
The death toll has risen to 12,374, while 254,783 people have made a recovery. The number of active infections stands at 97,752, while there are 3,649 hospitalised Covid patients, 258 on a ventilator.
Altogether 17,540 people are in official home quarantine, and the number of tests carried out has risen to 3,116,784. Hungary began rolling out the coronavirus vaccine in December. So far, 175,283 people have received their first jab, and 37,727 have been fully inoculated.
Most infections have been registered in Budapest (67,766) and Pest County (45,321) so far, followed by the counties of Hajdú-Bihar (20,662), Győr-Moson-Sopron (20,416) and Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén (20,373). The county least affected by the infection is Tolna (7,928).
MTI
