Budapest, March 7 : The Hungarian government reported a record number of 7,269 new Covid-19 cases in a 24-hour span, raising the national total to 459,816.
In the past 24 hours, 146 people have died from the disease, taking the toll to 15,765 in the country, while 333,045 have recovered. Currently, 7,243 patients are being treated in hospitals, including 751 — another sad record — on ventilators, according to figures from the government’s coronavirus information website on Saturday, Xinhua news agency reported.
As of Saturday, 949,497 people had received at least one shot of a vaccine, while 304,880 had two jabs, according to the website.
“The third wave of the coronavirus epidemic across Europe has proved stronger than before. Due to the drastically increasing number of patients, the government has decided to tighten the restrictions,” the website said.
The new restrictions announced Thursday include a general lockdown from March 8 to March 22, including the shutdown of kindergartens and primary schools, albeit nurseries will remain open.
Grocery and tobacco stores, pharmacies, drugstores and gas stations will be allowed to stay open for business, as well as units for private health care.
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