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CORONAVIRUS - 98 FATALITIES, 1,410 MORE INFECTIONS

 

Fully 98 Covid patients, generally elderly and suffering from an underlying illness, died over the past 24 hours, while 1,410 new infections were officially registered, bringing the total number of infected to 355,662, koronavirus.gov.hu said. The death toll has risen to 11,713, while 235,276 people have made a recovery. The number of active infections stands at 108,673, while there are 4,049 hospitalised Covid patients, 286 on a ventilator.
Altogether 19,932 people are in official home quarantine, and the number of tests carried out has risen to 3,000,325.
Most infections have been registered in Budapest (66,347) and Pest County (44,218) so far, followed by the counties of Hajdú-Bihar (20,161), Győr-Moson-Sopron (20,067) and Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén (19,855). The county least affected by the infection is Tolna (7,614).