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.

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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, 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