Coronavirus in Hungary – 14 new fatalities, number of registered cases rises to 2,284

Another 14 elderly patients suffering from chronic diseases have died in Hungary and the number of registered novel coronavirus infections has risen by 116 to 2,284, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Thursday morning. So far, there have been 239 fatalities and 390 people have left hospital after recovery.

There are 850 people in hospital, 61 of whom are treated on ventilators.

Fully 10,942 people are in home quarantine. So far, 55,390 coronavirus tests have been conducted at accredited laboratories.

Budapest has the highest number of infections (1,173), followed by Pest County (317) and Fejér county (213).

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Latest count of confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide

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 at 0500 GMT, April 23, Xinhua reports.

Country Confirmed Cases

World 2,628,929

U.S. 842,629
Spain 208,389
Italy 187,327
France 157,135
Germany 150,648
Britain 134,638
Turkey 98,674
Iran 85,996
Russia 57,999
China 84,302

Over 3 million masks, 164 ventilators delivered to Hungary

A plane and two lorries delivered over 3 million face masks, 2 million gloves and 164 ventilators to Hungary on Wednesday, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó told MTI.

All shipments arrived from China, some via airports in neighbouring countries,

Szijjártó noted.

The equipment will be distributed to hospitals, clinics and other health-care institutions as part of efforts to prepare Hungary for long-term measures to handle the novel coronavirus epidemic, Szijjártó said.

Deliveries will continue to flow in every day this week, he added.

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Source: MTI/Xinhua