The number of new infections is 5,077, increasing the total number of identified infections to 725,241 since the beginning of the epidemic. Most of the 291 people who died were elderly and chronically ill, so the number of people who died rose to 23,708.
The number of recovered people is constantly increasing, currently 429,074 people, but the number of active infected people has also risen to 272,459 people. 10,740 coronavirus patients are being treated in hospital, of which 1,249 are on ventilators. Hungary is second in the EU vaccination rankings. 29% of the Hungarian population has already been vaccinated, compared to the EU average of 15%. After the number of vaccinated people exceeded 2.5 million on Tuesday, the phased restart could begin on Wednesday. Despite strict epidemiological measures, shops and services were allowed to open and the curfew was postponed to 10 p.m. In addition, protective measures remain in place. In recent days, kindergarten, kindergarten and school workers were able to take part in an out-of-order vaccination. Registered patients referred by general practitioners are vaccinated with Pfizer and Szputnyik vaccines at hospital vaccination points.
The condition for the first stage of the gradual lifting of protective measures was 2.5 million vaccinated. According to this, the curfew has been changed to the period between 10:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m., shops can be open between 5:00 a.m. and 9:30 p.m., and an average of one customer per 10 square meters can be in the shop. Hairdressers, cosmetics and other service providers may be open.
After vaccinating teachers out of sequence, kindergartens and schools 1-8. grade will start again on April 19. In order to conduct the graduation exams as safely as possible, the 9-12. attendance classes will only resume on May 10. As a general rule, the graduation exam is only held in writing,
The protective measures against the epidemic that are currently in force will remain valid until April 19.
