From Tuesday, the publication of Hungarian data regarding the coronavirus epidemic will change; data will include the age, sex and underlying chronic illnesses of the deceased. Due to a technical changeover, the www.koronavirus.gov.hu website will not be available for a few hours.

We will soon start publishing county data for confirmed coronavirus patient as well.

The data provided with respect to the deceased will be more informative as it will reveal in which age groups and for which underlying chronic diseases the coronavirus infection poses the greatest threat. At the same time, it will be possible to keep track of the number of persons among the deceased who died in the absence of known chronic diseases.

On the whole, there will be more transparent information available with respect to the number of those among the deceased who suffered from known chronic diseases, the number of those among the deceased whose conditions were aggravated by coronavirus infection, and the number of those who died of viral pneumonia brought on by coronavirus infection in the absence of known underlying chronic illnesses.

We wish to highlight that the number of those actually infected with the coronavirus could be several times higher than the number of confirmed coronavirus patients as we are now in the group stage of the epidemic. Therefore, it is important to observe various recommendations and the restrictions on movement.

(Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister/MTI)