COVID-19: New daily confirmed cases over 5,000 in Hungary
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4,232 new cases were diagnosed on average in Hungary over the past seven days, and the 5,318 new COVID-19 cases diagnosed in the 24 hours until Saturday morning is outstanding even in this comparison. This was the first time authorities registered more than 5,000 new infections in a day.
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107 coronavirus patients have succumbed to the disease, well over the seven-day average of 87 and marking a new all-time high. This was the second time more than 100 people died of coronavirus over a 24-hour period.
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There are currently 5,612 COVID-19 patients in hospital, with 405 of them on ventilators. Both numbers doubled in about two weeks.
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24,847 patients have recovered and the number of active cases is 77,739, twice as many as two weeks ago.
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Budapest accounts for 25% of active cases, 29% of the deceased and 27% of recovered patients.
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Over the past seven days, the highest number of new cases were confirmed in Budapest, Pest county and Győr-Moson-Sopron county.
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Over the past 24 hours, 22,321 COVID-19 samples have been tested and nearly 24% of them came back positive.
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