Coronavirus in Hungary – 5 patients die, registered cases rise by 21 to 3,556
Altogether five patients have died in the past 24 hours, all of whom were elderly and had underlying illnesses, bringing the total number of fatalities to 467, while the number of registered novel coronavirus infections in Hungary increased by 21 to 3,556, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Tuesday morning.
Fully 1,412 hospitalised patients have made a recovery, while 10,394 are officially in home quarantine. The number of tests carried out stands at 138,697.
The website said Hungary is in the second phase and the virus was still spreading.
The aim now, however, was to gradually resume normal living in line with a strict schedule, it added.
Budapest has the most registered infections (1,689 people), followed by Pest County (486) and Fejér County (359).
Békés County (11) has the fewest infections in Hungary.
Latest count of confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide at 0500 GMT, May 19
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, May 19 – Xinhua reports.
Country Confirmed Cases
World 4,805,005
U.S. 1,508,598
Russia 290,678
Brazil 255,368
Britain 247,709
Spain 231,606
Italy 225,886
France 180,051
Germany 176,551
Turkey 150,593
China 84,503
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Source: MTI