Few people are seen at a metro station in Budapest, Hungary, on March 22, 2020. The number of patients diagnosed with the COVID-19 in Hungary has risen to 103 on Saturday, according to a statement on the government's official website dedicated to information on the coronavirus. (Photo by Attila Volgyi/Xinhua)
BUDAPEST, March 21 (Xinhua) -- The number of patients diagnosed with the COVID-19 in Hungary has risen to 103 on Saturday, according to a statement on the government's official website dedicated to information on the coronavirus.
"The number of those infected has risen to 103," the statement said, adding that Hungary had reached the second stage of the epidemic: the stage of group disease, when infection spreads in public upon personal contact.
The number of people dead due to the COVID-19 has increased to four, while seven people recovered, according to the statement.
The government announced on Saturday that a general curfew in Hungary was not yet an option, but if necessary it would be announced in due time.