Coronavirus – One dies, number of infections rises by nine in Hungary

A 39-year-old patient — with underlying illnesses — died in the past 24 hours and the number of registered infections has risen by 9 to 4,123, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Thursday morning.

Fully 577 people have died and 2,640 have made a recovery, while the number of active infections stands at 906. Altogether 3,041 people are in official home quarantine and 265,129 tests have been carried out. A total of 182 coronavirus patients are in hospital, 13 of whom are on ventilators.

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Fully 38 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.

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Budapest has the highest number of infections (1,957), followed by Pest County (615), and the counties of Fejer (376), Komarom-Esztergom (305) and Zala (261). Bekes and Tolna counties have the fewest, with 13 each.

Source: MTI