Coronavirus in Hungary – Three patients die, number of infected people rises by seven
Three patients — with underlying illnesses — have died in the past 24 hours and the number of registered infections has risen by 7 to 4,114, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Wednesday morning.
Fully 576 people have died and 2,618 have made a recovery, while the number of active infections stands at 920. Altogether 3,705 people are in official home quarantine and 261,420 tests have been carried out.
A total of 183 coronavirus patients are in hospital, 13 of whom are on ventilators.
Fully 39 percent of active infections, 60 percent of fatalities and 48 percent of recoveries have taken place in Budapest.
The threat of an epidemic has not disappeared and a state of medical preparedness is in effect, the website said. It is compulsory to wear a face mask in shops and on public transport.
Budapest has the highest number of infections (1,952),
followed by Pest County (609), and the counties of Fejer (376), Komarom-Esztergom (302) and Zala (261). Bekes and Tolna counties have the fewest, with 13 each.
- Mother diagnosed with Covid-19 gives birth to baby in Hungary!
- More international train services resuming from July
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, June 24.
Country Confirmed Cases
World 9,263,466
U.S. 2,347,022
Brazil 1,145,906
Russia 598,878
India 456,183
Britain 307,682
Peru 260,810
Chile 250,767
Spain 246,752
Italy 238,833
Source: MTI
please make a donation here
Hot news
International Youth Science Olympiad 2023: gold and silver medals for Hungarians
Hungarian hotel snagging award after award at prestigious ceremony
DNA of our Romanian neighbours has shown that their theory of origins needs to be rethought
Cogwheel railway is running again in the Buda Hills
BudapestGO: ticketing still not working on the app, but there is a solution
Traffic on Hungarian roads is heavy, so trucks heading to Ukraine are diverted to Romania