Coronavirus – 3,313 registered cases in Hungary

Four patients have died in the past 24 hours, all of whom had an underlying illness, bringing the total number of deaths to 425, while the number of registered infections rose by 29 to 3,313, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Tuesday morning.

Fully 1,007 patients have made a recovery, while the number of active infections has fallen to 1,881. Currently 746 coronavirus patients are being treated in hospital, 45 of whom are on a ventilator. Altogether 11,016 people are in official home quarantine.

Fully 114,719 tests have been carried out.

Budapest has the most registered cases (1,595), followed by Pest County (445) and Fejer County (338). Vas county (14) has the fewest.

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New patients to be treated in two Budapest hospitals

Newly diagnosed coronavirus patients in a serious condition will be transferred to two specialised hospitals in Budapest, in a return to the procedure applied at the beginning of the epidemic.

Chief medical officer Cecília Müller has instructed the country’s hospitals and the National Ambulance Service accordingly.