Hungary reports record 8,312 coronavirus infections in 24 hours

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FILE PHOTO: A healthcare worker collects a swab sample from a man at a COVID-19 testing site as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Budapest, Hungary, October 27, 2020. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo

BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary reported a record 8,312 new coronavirus infections and 172 deaths on Thursday.

There were 8,329 coronavirus patients in hospital, 911 of them needing a ventilator, putting a strain on the healthcare system, the government said on its website.

Hungary has been hit by a third wave of the pandemic, with infections surging since the second half of February.

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