We provide the aggregated data for the past week. The number of vaccinated persons is 6,417,738, of which 6,203,972 persons received the second, 3,896,501 persons the third, and 340,651 persons received the fourth vaccination. A total of 12,307 new infected people were confirmed last week, bringing the total number of identified infected people to 2,082,750 since the beginning of the epidemic. Most of the 48 who died in the past week were old, chronic patients, so the number of those who died rose to 47,457. The number of recovered people is constantly increasing, currently 2,001,729 people, and the number of active infected people has decreased to 33,564 people. Currently, 923 coronavirus patients are being treated in hospital, 14 of them are on ventilators. There are 1,834 people under official home quarantine.
In Hungary, the epidemic is currently moderate, which is also due to the high vaccination rate, the number of active infected people has further decreased compared to the past few weeks. The virus continues to pose the greatest threat to the unvaccinated, so we continue to ask them to get vaccinated. The booster vaccination is recommended for everyone who received the previous vaccination more than 4 months ago. The government continues to ensure the possibility of vaccination. Vaccination can still be requested from the family doctor or family pediatrician, as well as picked up at hospital vaccination points, where you can go on Fridays with or without an appointment.
The booster vaccination with the new type of Pfizer vaccine against Omicron can now be taken. The vaccine has received an EU license for single-dose and booster vaccination only. The confirmatory vaccination can also be taken on Friday vaccination days without an appointment.
The government and the Operative Tribe continue to continuously analyze the epidemic situation and take additional measures if necessary.
According to the information provided by the National Center for Public Health, the majority of sampling locations show a stagnant trend. An increase can be observed in Nyíregyháza, Szeged, Székesfehérvár, Tatabánya and Zalaegerszeg. A decreasing trend is not observed anywhere. The concentration of SARS-CoV-2 genetic material falls into the elevated category in 20 sampling locations, while in 2 cities it falls into the moderate category.
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Source: koronavirus-gov.hu, nnk.gov.hu
