COVID-19: More Infections, More Fatalities in Hungary

30, mostly elderly, chronic patients died last week (up from 19 in the previous week), bringing the official total number of deaths in this country to 48,707, the government's Coronavirus Press Center said on Wednesday.

825 new infections were confirmed in the past week (about a third more than in the previous week), bringing the total number of identified infections to 2,193,272 since the start of the outbreak.

The number of recovered cases increased to 2,140,795 while the number of active infected has fallen to 3,770.

There are currently 337 patients with the new coronavirus infection in hospital in Hungary, 8 of whom are on ventilators.

The number of people vaccinated against the coronavirus in Hungary is 6,421,643, of whom 6,208,513 received their second, 3,904,693 their third and 423,023 their fourth vaccination.

According to the statement, the epidemic in Hungary is currently "at a moderate level," thanks in part to the high vaccination rate. It was stressed that unvaccinated people remain the most at risk and are therefore still encouraged to get vaccinated.