48 COVID-19 Related Deaths in 24 hours in Hungary

A steep rise in the daily number of deaths caused by the new coronavirus infection in Hungary: 48. The majority of them were elderly patients with suffering from chronic disease. These cases bring the official number of COVID-19 related deaths in the country to 1,259.

The new coronavirus infection was detected in 1,423 new patients in Hungary, increasing the number of infected people in the country to 50,180. 14,905 people have already recovered.

Chief Medical Officer Cecília Müller has announced that an increasing number of people aged between 40 and 49 as well as people above 65 are among those infected with the novel coronavirus.

She said that data from the past two weeks showed a shift, with 40-49 year-olds representing nearly 20% of all infected people, slightly more than 20-29 year-olds. The proportion of people aged above 65 has also increased, she said. The average age of the infected is currently 44.4 years, she added.

The proportion of children is still low at 4.6%. Müller said schools will be disinfected during the upcoming autumn break and the army will help in cleaning operations in institutions where the number of infections has been especially high.