Fully 101 Covid patients, mostly elderly and suffering from an underlying illness, have died in the past 24 hours and coronavirus infections have risen by 3,945 to 122,863, koronavirus.gov.hu said. Altogether 2,697 Covid patients have died since the presence of coronavirus in Hungary, while 28,808 have made a recovery. There are currently 91,358 active infections and 6,352 patients are in hospital, 473 on ventilators. Fully 36,492 people are in official home quarantine, while the number of tests stands at 1,259,454.
From Tuesday, shops can open until 7pm, with the exception of pharmacies and petrol stations. Hairdressers, masseurs and personal trainers must observe general curfew rules. Restaurants are limited to offering take-aways, while hotels are not allowed to cater to tourists, only guests arriving for business, economic or educational purposes. Most infections have been registered in Budapest (30,345), followed by Pest County (16,107), and the counties of Győr-Moson-Sopron (8,939), Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén (7,135), Hajdú-Bihar (6,408) and Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg (6,397). Tolna County has the least number of infections (1,502).