Fully 28 patients, generally elderly with co-morbidities, died over the past 24 hours, while 174 new infections were registered, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Tuesday.
So far 5,176,630 people have received a first jab, while 3,655,647 have been fully vaccinated. The number of active infections has declined to 71,599, while hospitals are treating 947 Covid patients, 100 of whom need respiratory assistance.
Since the first outbreak, 804,712 infections have been registered, while fatalities have risen to 29,761. Fully 703,352 people have made a recovery.
So far, most infections have been registered in Budapest (143,599) and Pest County (111,502), followed by the counties of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén (46,286), Győr-Moson-Sopron (44,312) and Hajdú-Bihar (42,479).
MTI
