Fully 252 generally elderly patients with co-morbidities died over the past 24 hours, while 5,481 new infections were registered, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Tuesday.
Altogether 1,636,436 people have been vaccinated in Hungary, 481,820 of whom have received a second shot, the portal said.
The number of active infections has risen to 189,244, while hospitals are caring for 11,873 Covid patients, 1,389 of whom need respiratory assistance.
Since the first outbreak, 586,123 infections have been registered, while fatalities have risen to 18,703. Fully 378,176 people have made a recovery.
So far, most infections have been registered in Budapest (111,391) and Pest County (81,285), followed by the counties of Győr-Moson-Sopron (33,770), Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén (32,565) and Hajdú-Bihar (31,395). Tolna County has the fewest infections (12,722).
Source: koronavirus.gov.hu
