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Covid-19 Claims Youngest Victim In Hungary

• 1 Dec 2020 8:19 AM
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Another 151 people died of the Covid-19 virus last Sunday, close to the record 156 of the previous day. The fatalities include an 18-year-old male who had been suffering from leukaemia. He is the youngest Hungarian fatality of the epidemic to date.

Another 5,595 people were found to be infected with the coronavirus, down from 6,819 on Saturday, the government website reported on Monday.

The number of those having recovered grew to 63,860, a rise of about 8,000 in one day.

The number of actively infected people dropped to 148,439, a decline of about 3,000.

National chief medical officer Cecília Müller said coronavirus patients are receiving medical attention at 78 hospitals, adding that hospitals in Miskolc, Debrecen, Nyíregyháza and the Semmelweis University are under the heaviest burden.


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