Coronavirus – Two patients die, 4,077 registered infections in Hungary

Two patients have died in the past 24 hours, both elderly with underlying illnesses, bringing the total number of Covid-19 fatalities to 565, while registered novel coronavirus infections in Hungary have increased by 1 to 4,077, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Tuesday morning.

Fully 2,516 hospitalised patients have made a recovery. The number of active infections stands at 996. Forty percent of the active cases, 60 percent of the fatalities and 48 percent of full recoveries are in Budapest, the site said.

Fully 255 Covid-19 patients are undergoing treatment in hospital, 17 of whom are on ventilators.

Altogether 7,545 are in official home quarantine. The number of tests carried out stands at 236,828.

The government says the aim is to steadily resume normal life based on a strict schedule, and it calls on citizens to follow general precautions.

A parliamentary vote on terminating the state of emergency related to the coronavirus epidemic and maintaining an epidemiological preparedness is scheduled for today.

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Budapest (1,927 people) has the highest number of infections, followed by Pest County (593) and Fejer County (376). Bekes County (13) has the lowest number.

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Latest count of confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide at 0500 GMT, June 16

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 16 – Xinhua reports.

Country Confirmed Cases

World 8,034,461

U.S. 2,114,026
Brazil 888,271
Russia 536,484
India 343,091
Britain 298,315
Spain 244,109
Italy 237,290
Peru 232,992
France 194,305
China 84,823

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Source: MTI