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THREE PATIENTS DIE, REGISTERED CORONAVIRUS CASES RISE BY 42 TO 3,598

 

Altogether three patients have died in the past 24 hours, all of whom were elderly and had underlying illnesses, bringing the total number of fatalities to 470, while the number of registered novel coronavirus infections in Hungary increased by 42 to 3,598, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Wednesday morning. Fully 1,454 hospitalised patients have made a recovery, while 10,931 are officially in home quarantine. The number of tests carried out stands at 142,729. The website said Hungary is in the second phase and the virus was still spreading. The aim now, however, was to gradually resume normal living in line with a strict schedule, it added. Budapest has the most registered infections (1,710 people), followed by Pest County (496) and Fejér County (361). Békés County (11) has the fewest infections in Hungary.