Coronavirus – Two patients die, six new infections in Hungary
Two Covid-19 patients, both elderly and suffering from an underlying illness, have died in the past 24 hours and the number of registered coronavirus infections in Hungary has risen by six to 4,229, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Saturday morning.
The number of fatalities has risen to 595, while 2,974 patients have made a recovery. The number of active infections has declined to 660, while 129 patients are in hospital, 5 of whom are on ventilators.
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Fully 2,409 are in official home quarantine and 293,220 tests have been carried out.
The government, the operational board in charge of containing the epidemic, and the epidemiological authority are constantly monitoring the situation and, if necessary, will respond with appropriate measures, the website said.
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Budapest has the most infections (1,989), followed by and Pest County (640)and the countries of Fejer (379), Komarom-Esztergom (308) and Zala (262). Tolna County has the fewest (13).
