Coronavirus in Hungary – Number of confirmed cases reaches 50
The number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Hungary reached 50 on Tuesday, the koronavirus.gov.hu website said.
Of the confirmed cases, 39 are Hungarian, 9 are Iranian, one is British and one Kazakh, the official website for disseminating information on the new coronavirus said.
Late on Monday, the website reported that a second patient treated with Covid-19 has recovered. The Iranian citizen in question has been discharged from hospital, it said.
One patient has died and two have recovered so far.
A total of 1,436 tests have been conducted in Hungary, while 159 people are currently being held under observation in isolation, the website said. A search for possible contacts of the new patients is under way.
At a Monday press conference, chief medical officer CecÃlia Müller said the epidemic has entered a new phase, appearing in clusters rather than in individual cases or small communities.
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Source: MTI