There are over 5,000 active infections, no travel restrictions on foreign hunters to Hungary!

Two Covid-19 patients, both elderly and with underlying illnesses, have died, while the number of registered coronavirus infections in Hungary has risen by 411 to 9,715 over the past 24 hours, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Wednesday morning.

The number of fatalities stands at 628, and 3,984 people have made a recovery.

There are 5,103 active infections and 221 Covid-19 patients are being treated in hospital, 13 on ventilators.

Altogether 23,461 people are in official home quarantine and 495,481 tests have been carried out.

The site warned Hungarians to observe social distancing guidelines and hygiene regulations.

Most infections have been registered in Budapest (4,260), followed by Pest County (1,404) and the counties of Fejér (575), Komarom-Esztergom (389), Hajdú-Bihar (347) and Zala (345). Békés County has the fewest infections (53).

The government closed borders to foreigners from Sept 1, with certain exceptions, re-introducing border protection measures in force during the first wave of the epidemic.

No travel restrictions on foreign hunters to Hungary!

The legislation has been amended by the Orbán cabinet, according to the provisions that came into force on the 5th of September,

hunters come not only from the V4 country but also from other foreign countries.

According to the sononline, however, older foreign hunters are wary, preferring to wait out due to high-rising coronavirus cases.

As we wrote last Friday, the Hungarian government has decided to exempt business trips from recently introduced travel restrictions to ensure the continuity of Hungarian economy, details HERE.

Latest count of confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide

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, Sept. 9.

Country Confirmed Cases

World 27,570,742

U.S. 6,327,009
India 4,370,128
Brazil 4,162,073
Russia 1,032,354
Peru 691,575
Colombia 671,533
Mexico 642,860
South Africa 640,441
Spain 534,513

Source: MTI/Xinhua