Coronavirus – Further 12 patients die, number of infected rises to 2,775

A further 12 people, all of whom were elderly and suffering from an underlying illness, have died, bringing the total number of Covid-19 deaths to 312, while the number of registered infections in Hungary has risen by 48 to 2,775, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Thursday morning.

Fully 581 people who were hospitalised have recovered, while 998 patients are being treated, 54 of whom are on ventilators.

With the rise in the number of patients, hospitals across the country are increasing their bed capacity in preparation for the phase of mass illness.

Currently 10,199 people in official home quarantine. The number of tests carried out stands at 72,951.

Budapest has the most infections (1,368), followed by Pest County (375) and Fejer county (271). Vas County has the fewest infections in Hungary, with 14.

Latest count of confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide

• World – 3,194,523
• U.S. – 1,039,909
• Spain – 236,899
• Italy – 203,591
• France – 166,543
• Britain – 166,441
• Germany – 161,539
• Turkey – 117,589
• Russia – 99,399
• Iran – 93,657
• China – 84,373