Updates – Further 9 die, 3,178 registered cases in Hungary

A further 9 people, all of whom had underlying illnesses, have died in Hungary, bringing the total number of fatalities to 392, while the number of registered coronavirus infections has increased by 28 to 3,178, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Friday morning.

Fully 865 patients have recovered. Currently 1,132 coronavirus patients are hospitalised, 74 of whom are on ventilators. Fully 11,036 people are under official home quarantine. The number of tests carried out stands at 99,058.

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The website noted that the aim now is to resume normal life gradually and according to a strict schedule, so full restrictions still apply in the most heavily infected areas, Budapest and Pest County. Elsewhere, physical distancing and a variety of other rules still apply.

Budapest tops the list of registered infections (1,552 people), followed by Pest County (420), Fejer County (312) and Komarom-Esztergom County (162). Vas County has the fewest (14) infections in Hungary.

Latest count of confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide

• World – 3,846,949
• U.S. – 1,256,972
• Spain – 221,447
• Italy – 215,858
• Britain – 207,977
• Russia – 177,160
• France – 174,918
• Germany – 169,430
• Brazil – 135,773
• Turkey – 133,721
• China – 84,416

Source: MTI