Modest but clear rise in the number of novel coronavirus cases in Hungary!

The number of Covid-19 hospital patients in Hungary is declining, with only one-third of active cases now requiring hospital treatment, the chief medical officer said on Monday.

Up until now, around half of the active novel coronavirus cases had needed hospital care, Cecília Müller told an online press conference. Altogether 568 of the current 1,673 patients are in hospital, 46 of whom are on ventilators, she said.

Müller added, at the same time, that

over the last couple of days there had been a modest but clear rise in the number of novel coronavirus cases.

She underlined the importance of complying with the basic safety regulations now that restrictions were being lifted.

From Monday, the status of the epidemic in Budapest and the countryside is being monitored separately, the chief medical officer said. Citing epidemiological data, she said

there was a 45-55 percent split between the capital and the countryside in terms of the number of active cases.