Coronavirus – Hungary ‘imported’ 93 infections from abroad

Fully 93 novel coronavirus infections were “imported” from abroad during the epidemic, Hungary’s Chief Medical Officer said on Wednesday.

The largest number of people carrying the infection, 33, came to Hungary from Austria, Cecilia Müller told an online press conference, her final one scheduled.

A total of 17 cases arrived from the United Kingdom, another 5 each from Italy and Germany, 4 each from Spain and Turkey, and 3 each from France, Switzerland, Israel, the United States and Iran, she said. From the Netherlands and Mexico, there were 2 infections each, and one each from the Czech Republic, Portugal and Saint Lucia.

A total of 340 of Hungary’s 567 Covid-19 fatalities happened in Budapest, she said, adding that Pest County had 93, Fejér County 43, Komárom-Esztergom 38, Zala 16 and Veszprem County 8 fatalities. There were no fatalities in Békés, Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg or Vas counties, Müller said.

Altogether 40 percent of the country’s registered coronavirus patients were elderly and none of the fatalities were under the age of 30, she said. A total of 90 registered patients were under the age of 20, she added.

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Müller said that for about a month after the first infections were detected in early March, the health authorities had been able to track down imported cases and other cases through contact tracing.