Coronavirus – 11 new fatalities, number of registered cases rises to 2,383

Another 11 elderly patients suffering from chronic diseases have died in Hungary and the number of registered novel coronavirus infections has risen by 99 to 2,383, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Friday morning.

So far, there have been 250 fatalities and 401 people have left hospital after recovery.

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Fully 10,942 people are in home quarantine. So far, 58,251 coronavirus tests have been conducted at accredited laboratories.

Budapest has the highest number of infections (1,221), followed by Pest County (329) and Fejér county (240). Békés county has had the fewest infections with 13.

The following are the latest updates on the COVID-19 global confirmed cases in hardest-hit countries by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University on April 24.

• World – 2,709,408
• U.S. – 869,172
• Spain – 213,024
• Italy – 189,973
• France – 159,460
• Germany – 153,129
• Britain – 139,246
• Turkey – 101,790
• Iran – 87,026
• Russia – 62,773
• China – 84,311

Source: MTI/Xinhua