212 people died, most of them elderly, chronically ill, and another 2,796 Hungarian citizens were diagnosed with the coronavirus - koronavirus.gov.hu reported on Saturday, highlighting that 3,576,705 people have been vaccinated in Hungary so far, of which 1,552,685 have already received the second dose they also received a vaccine.
It was written on the government portal: the number of infected people identified in Hungary has increased to 767,190. The number of those who died rose to 26,420, and those who recovered rose to 478,323.
The number of active infected people is 478,323. Hospitals treat 6,737 coronavirus patients, of whom 813 are on ventilators.
There are 40,947 people in official home quarantine, the number of samples has increased to 5,257,377.
The peak of the third wave of the epidemic can be felt, but the British virus mutant continues to spread, so compliance with protective measures is still important. 36 percent of the Hungarian population has already been vaccinated, compared to the EU average of 20 percent. Vaccination is speeded up by the fact that those registered can now book an appointment online at the hospital vaccination points, currently for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, for vaccination with the Sinopharm vaccine, they wrote.
MTI
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