The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Hungary has risen to 58, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Wednesday.
Of the patients, 47 are Hungarian, 9 are Iranian, 1 is British, and one is Kazakh the website said.
Yesterday morning, the number of cases was 50.
So far, two have recovered and one has died.
Currently, 122 people are quarantined and the authorities have taken 1,803 samples, the website said.
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