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HUNGARY RECORDS 46 COVID FATALITIES, 1,337 NEW INFECTIONS

 

Fully 46 Covid patients, generally elderly and suffering from an underlying illness, died over the past 24 hours, while 1,337 new infections were officially registered, bringing the total number of infected to 388,799, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Monday. The death toll has risen to 13,752, while 298,008 people have made a recovery. The number of active infections has declined to 77,039, while there are 3,883 hospitalised Covid patients, 314 on a ventilator. Altogether 20,718 people are in official home quarantine, and the number of tests carried out has risen to 3,388,457.
Most infections have been registered in Budapest (72,340) and Pest County (48,681) so far, followed by the counties of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén (21,943), Hajdú-Bihar (21,832) and Győr-Moson-Sopron (21,621). The county least affected by the infection is Tolna (8,650).