Coronavirus – Three die, 4,069 registered infections in Hungary

Three patients have died in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of Covid-19 fatalities to 562, while registered novel coronavirus infections in Hungary have increased by 5 to 4,069, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Sunday.

Fully 2,482 hospitalised patients have made a recovery. The number of active infections stands at 1,025. Forty percent of the active cases, 60 percent of the fatalities and 47 percent of full recoveries are in Budapest, the site said.

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Fully 275 Covid-19 patients are undergoing treatment in hospital, 20 of whom are on ventilators.

Altogether 7,287 are in official home quarantine. The number of tests carried out stands at 233,742.

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.

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Budapest (1,930 people) has the highest number of infections, followed by Pest County (595), Fejer County (376) and Komarom-Esztergom (298). Bekes County (13) has the lowest number.