Ten of the patients are Iranians, two British, one is Kazakh, another Vietnamese, and 117 are Hungarians, the government website for disseminating information on the epidemic said.

János Szlávik, chief infectologist at Budapest’s St. László hospital, told an online press conference that two further patients have died, a 65-year-old man and a 75-year-old woman, bringing Hungary’s toll to six.

He said the average age of those dead is 66 years, while the average age of seven patients in intensive care is 69 years. There are seniors, middle aged people and also children among the patients, he said, adding that fatalities among children were extremely rare.

According to the government website, 16 people have so far recovered from the infection.

Isolated in hospital are 115 patients and 4,443 samples have been tested.

In quarantine: 115
Recovered: 16
Deceased: 6

Hungary reached the second stage of the epidemic, the stage of cluster infections, when infection spreads in public via face-to-face interactions

“Personal responsibility is crucial for avoiding mass disease,” said Chief Medical Officer Cecília Müller at a press conference.

In order to slow down large-scale infection, it is very important that the elderly and students, as well as anyone who is able to do so, stay at home; and everyone is asked to observe all rules and recommendations laid out by the Operational Group. 

Latest info re number of people infected (in Hungarian): koronavirus.gov.hu