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TWO NEW CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS, ONE DEATH IN HUNGARY

 

One elderly patient with a chronic underlying illness has died in the past 24 hours and the number of registered novel coronavirus infections has risen by two to 4,157, koronavirus.gov.hu said. Fully 586 people have died and 2,714 have made a recovery, while the number of active infections stands at 875. Altogether 1,412 people are in official home quarantine and 277,750 tests have been carried out. A total of 169 coronavirus patients are in hospital, 8 of whom are on ventilators.
Fully 38% of active infections, 60% of fatalities and 48% of recoveries have taken place in Budapest. The threat of an epidemic has not disappeared and a state of medical preparedness is in effect, the website said. It is compulsory to wear a face mask in shops and on public transport. Budapest has the highest number of infections (1,979), followed by Pest County (625), and the counties of Fejér (377), Komárom-Esztergom (307) and Zala (262). Békés and Tolna counties have the fewest, with 13 each.