The number of new infections is 11,132, thus increasing the number of identified infections to 560,971 since the beginning of the epidemic.
Most of the 227 people who died were elderly and chronically ill, so the number of those who died rose to 18,068. The number of recovered people is constantly increasing, currently 366,774 people, but the number of active infected people has also risen to 176,129 people. 1,0583 coronavirus patients are being treated in hospital, of which 1,237 are on ventilators.
The vaccination program is going smoothly and according to schedule, Hungary is already second in the EU vaccination ranking list. Due to their vulnerability, the registered elderly are still in the queue for vaccination. Vaccination continues even on the weekend , and family doctors who vaccinate on the weekend also receive additional remuneration. For the next few days, the general practitioners received enough AstraZeneca vaccine to vaccinate an average of 10 people, and they can organize another 44 elderly people to hospital vaccination points, where they are vaccinated with Szputnyik and Pfizer vaccines.
Vaccination is the only way out of the epidemic. Since the start of the third wave, the number of registered people has increased by another million, but there are still many who have not registered. The elderly are especially requested to register for vaccination the www.vakcinainfo.gov.hu !
Vaccination saved lives.
