To date, on March 18th , in Romania, 881.159 cases of people infected with the new coronavirus (COVID – 19) have been confirmed.
794.950 patients were declared cured.
Following the tests performed at national level, compared to the last report, 6.174 new cases of people infected with SARS – CoV – 2 (COVID – 19) were registered, these being cases that had not previously had a positive test. The distribution by counties of the total and new cases can be found in the table below.
| No. crt. | County | Number of confirmed cases (total) | Number of newly confirmed cases | Incidence recorded at 14 days |
| 1. | Alba | 17038 | 118 | 3,21 |
| 2. | Arad | 18936 | 130 | 2,60 |
| 3. | Argeș | 22368 | 97 | 1,45 |
| 4. | Bacău | 21802 | 115 | 1,44 |
| 5. | Bihor | 23197 | 136 | 2,34 |
| 6. | Bistrița-Năsăud | 9488 | 78 | 1,57 |
| 7. | Botoșani | 11844 | 68 | 1,53 |
| 8. | Brașov | 35861 | 284 | 4,42 |
| 9. | Brăila | 10638 | 83 | 1,95 |
| 10. | Buzău | 10161 | 39 | 1,02 |
| 11. | Caraș-Severin | 8913 | 34 | 1,38 |
| 12. | Călărași | 8183 | 36 | 1,47 |
| 13. | Cluj | 44436 | 281 | 3,97 |
| 14. | Constanța | 35288 | 271 | 3,36 |
| 15. | Covasna | 6390 | 56 | 1,42 |
| 16. | Dâmbovița | 19319 | 109 | 2,32 |
| 17. | Dolj | 21700 | 166 | 2,17 |
| 18. | Galați | 22072 | 98 | 1,92 |
| 19. | Giurgiu | 8767 | 57 | 2,53 |
| 20. | Gorj | 7998 | 72 | 2,26 |
| 21. | Harghita | 6635 | 36 | 0,94 |
| 22. | Hunedoara | 17777 | 97 | 3,46 |
| 23. | Ialomița | 8839 | 63 | 1,67 |
| 24. | Iași | 36178 | 314 | 1,97 |
| 25. | Ilfov | 35177 | 416 | 5,79 |
| 26. | Maramureș | 18592 | 106 | 2,33 |
| 27. | Mehedinți | 6655 | 49 | 1,71 |
| 28. | Mureș | 19093 | 119 | 1,54 |
| 29. | Neamț | 15360 | 104 | 1,81 |
| 30. | Olt | 12175 | 82 | 1,32 |
| 31. | Prahova | 28636 | 141 | 1,34 |
| 32. | Satu Mare | 11059 | 82 | 2,35 |
| 33. | Sălaj | 9018 | 64 | 3,05 |
| 34. | Sibiu | 21628 | 91 | 2,48 |
| 35. | Suceava | 22108 | 45 | 1,04 |
| 36. | Teleorman | 10789 | 75 | 1,89 |
| 37. | Timiș | 45101 | 447 | 5,90 |
| 38. | Tulcea | 6840 | 25 | 1,28 |
| 39. | Vaslui | 13900 | 56 | 1,32 |
| 40. | Vâlcea | 13213 | 122 | 2,55 |
| 41. | Vrancea | 8880 | 36 | 1,20 |
| 42. | Bucharest | 143528 | 1005 | 4,57 |
| 43. | new cases not allocated by counties | 5579* | 271 | |
| TOTAL | 881.159 | 6.174 | ||
*Regarding the “new cases not allocated by counties”, we specify that their number is determined by the changes brought to the electronic platform through which the test results for the new coronavirus are reported and centralized. Thus, according to the new methodology, the testing centers directly introduce the results of the tests performed, and the epidemiological investigation will be performed at the level of the Public Health Directorates and the positive cases will be assigned to the county / locality to which the infected persons belong.
The coefficient of infections accumulated at 14 days, reported per 1,000 inhabitants is calculated by the Public Health Directorates, at the level of Bucharest Municipality and counties. Below you have the graph based on the reports received by CNCCI from the Public Health Directorates:
Aside from the newly confirmed cases, following the retesting of patients who were already positive, 1.056 people were reconfirmed positively. The distribution by county of these cases can be found in the table below.
| No. Crt. | COUNTY | Positive samples at retesting |
| 1 | ALBA | 10 |
| 2 | ARAD | 22 |
| 3 | ARGEŞ | 21 |
| 4 | BACĂU | 18 |
| 5 | BIHOR | 16 |
| 6 | BISTRIŢA-NĂSĂUD | 5 |
| 7 | BOTOŞANI | 17 |
| 8 | BRĂILA | 4 |
| 9 | BRAŞOV | 40 |
| 10 | BUZĂU | 13 |
| 11 | CĂLĂRAŞI | 14 |
| 12 | CARAŞ-SEVERIN | 4 |
| 13 | CLUJ | 24 |
| 14 | CONSTANŢA | 169 |
| 15 | COVASNA | 5 |
| 16 | DÂMBOVIŢA | 19 |
| 17 | DOLJ | 29 |
| 18 | GALAŢI | 24 |
| 19 | GIURGIU | 18 |
| 20 | GORJ | 36 |
| 21 | HARGHITA | 4 |
| 22 | HUNEDOARA | 45 |
| 23 | IALOMIŢA | 4 |
| 24 | IAŞI | 51 |
| 25 | ILFOV | 32 |
| 26 | MARAMUREŞ | 12 |
| 27 | MEHEDINŢI | 8 |
| 28 | BUCHAREST | 107 |
| 29 | MUREŞ | 36 |
| 30 | NEAMŢ | 35 |
| 31 | OLT | 15 |
| 32 | PRAHOVA | 22 |
| 33 | SĂLAJ | 8 |
| 34 | SATU MARE | 17 |
| 35 | SIBIU | 17 |
| 36 | SUCEAVA | 7 |
| 37 | TELEORMAN | 33 |
| 38 | TIMIŞ | 60 |
| 39 | TULCEA | 6 |
| 40 | VÂLCEA | 13 |
| 41 | VASLUI | 1 |
| 42 | VRANCEA | 15 |
| Total | 1056 |
To date, 21.877 people diagnosed with SARS – CoV – 2 infection have died.
Between 17.03.2021 (10:00) – 18.03.2021 (10:00) were reported 90 deaths (42 men and 48 women), of some patients infected with the new coronavirus, hospitalized in Alba, Argeș, Arad, Bacău, Botoșani, Brăila, Brașov, Buzău, Caraș-Severin, Constanța, Dâmbovița, Dolj, Gorj, Harghita, Hunedoara, Ialomița, Iași, Maramureș, Mehedinți, Mureș, Olt, Prahova, Sălaj, Satu Mare, Sibiu, Suceava, Timiș, Tulcea, Vaslui, Vâlcea, Ilfov and Bucharest.
Of these, 1 death was registered in the age group 30-39 years, 3 deaths in the category 40 – 49 years, 10 deaths in the category 50 – 59 years, 22 deaths in the category 60 – 69 years, 23 deaths in the category 70-79 years, and 31 deaths over 80 years category.
83 of the registered deaths were of some patients who presented comorbidities, 5 deceased patients did not present comorbidities and for 2 deceased patients weren’t reported comorbidities so far.
In the specialized health units, the total number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 is 11.478. Of these, 1.286 are hospitalized at Intensive Care Units.
To date 6.417.364 RT-PCR tests and 474.239 rapid antigen tests have been processed nationwide. In the last 24 hours, 27.564 RT-PCR tests were performed (17.978 based on the case definition and medical protocol and 9.586 on request) and 10.821 rapid antigen tests.
On the Romanian territory, 58.387 people confirmed with the new coronavirus infection are in isolation at home, and 15.290 people are in institutionalized isolation. Also, 54.352 people are in quarantine at home, and in institutionalized quarantine there are 85 people.
In the last 24 hours, 4.832 calls were registered to the unique emergency number 112 and 587 on the TELVERDE line (0800 800 358), open especially for informing citizens.
As a result of the violation of the provisions of Law no. 55/2020 on some measures to prevent and combat the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the police and gendarmes applied, on March 17h, 4.598 sanctions for minor offenses, amounting to 815.470 lei.
Also, through the competent structures of the Police, one criminal file was drawn up yesterday to thwart the fight against diseases, a deed provided and punished by art. 352 Penal Code.
We remind the citizens that the Ministry of Internal Affairs has operationalized, starting with 04.07.2020, a TELVERDE line (0800800165) where violations of the sanitary protection norms can be notified.
The calls are taken over by a dispatcher, in an integrated system, and distributed to the territorial structures for the verification of the notified issues.
Regarding the situation of Romanian citizens in other states, 23.491 Romanian citizens were confirmed as infected with SARS – CoV – 2 (coronavirus): 2,542 in Italy, 16,773 in Spain, 195 in the United Kingdom, 125 in France, 3,118 in Germany, 93 in Greece, 49 in Denmark, 37 in Hungary, 28 in the Netherlands, 2 in Namibia, 4 in the USA, 8 in Sweden, 137 in Austria, 22 in Belgium, 6 in Japan, 2 in Indonesia, 46 in Switzerland, 3 in Turkey, 2 in Iceland, 2 in Belarus, 7 in Bulgaria, 12 in Cyprus, 2 in India, 4 in Ukraine, 8 in United Arab Emirates, 13 in the Republic of Moldova, 3 in Montenegro, 218 in Ireland, 2 in Singapore, 3 in Tunisia, 8 în Republic of Korea, 2 in Bosnia Herzegovina and one each in Argentina, Luxembourg, Malta, Brazil, Kazakhstan, the Republic of the Congo, Qatar, the Vatican, Portugal, Egypt, Pakistan, Iran, Slovenia, the Russian Federationand Croatia. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) epidemic and until now, 186 Romanian citizens abroad, 34 in Italy, 19 in France, 43 in Great Britain, 60 in Spain, 14 in Germany, 2 in Belgium, 3 in Sweden, 4 in Ireland, 2 in Switzerland, one in the USA, one in Brazil, one in the Republic of Congo, one in Greece and one in Iran, have died.
Of the Romanian citizens confirmed with the new coronavirus infection, 798 were declared cured: 677 in Germany, 90 in Greece, 18 in France, 6 in Japan, 2 in Indonesia, 2 in Namibia, one in Luxembourg, one in Tunisia and one in Argentine.
Note: these data are obtained by the Romanian diplomatic missions and consular offices abroad, either from the competent authorities of the states of residence, insofar as these data are subject to public communication, or directly from Romanian citizens abroad.
We remind citizens to consider only the information verified by official sources and to call for recommendations and other information on the line TELVERDE – 0800.800.358. The TELVERDE number is not an emergency number, it is a telephone line strictly assigned for informing citizens and is valid for national calls, from Monday to Friday, between 08.00 and 20.00. Also, Romanians abroad can request information about preventing and combating the virus at the line specially dedicated to them, +4021.320.20.20.
Below we present the situation regarding the infection with the SARS – CoV – 2 virus at European and global level:
Between 4 march 2021 – 11 march 2021 , 23.255.514 cases were reported in the EU / EEA. Most cases have been reported in France, Italy, Spain and Germany.
As of 15 December, the CEPCB has stopped publishing data on the number of confirmed cases and the number of deceased citizens, both in the EU / EEA, the United Kingdom, Monaco, San Marino, Switzerland, Andorra and globally. These reports are updated weekly.
Data published by Johns Hopkins CSSE, targeting the number of healed citizens, continues to be updated daily.
| COUNTRY
|
CONFIRMED
CASES |
DEAD
|
CURED*
|
| United Kingdom | 4.218.520(+41.966) | 124.501(+1.652) | 12.053 (+40) |
| France | 3.904.233(+148.265) | 88.600 (+2.146) | 282.152 – |
| Spain | 3.183.704 (+22.734) | 71.436 (+1.827) | 150.376 – |
| Italy | 3.067.486(+142.221) | 99.785 (+2.086) | 2.639.370 (+19.716) |
| Germany | 2.505.193(+58.125) | 71.934 (+1.829) | 2.387.743 (+511) |
Source: European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (CEPCB) (https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en)
| OVERALL SITUATION ON 17th OF MARCH 2021 | ||
| CONFIRMED CASES | DEAD
|
CURED
|
| 117.160.237 (+2.702.073) | 2.598.892 (+62.004) | 68.724.089 (+265.712) |
* according to data published by Johns Hopkins CSSE – https://systems.jhu.edu/
** data in parentheses represent the number of new cases, between 4 martch and 11 march, 2021, except for those from the categories of healed citizens, which represent the number of cases reported between 16th and 17th March, 2021.
*** The CEPCB states that updates at national level are published on different time coordinates and subsequently processed, which may generate discrepancies between the daily data published by the states and those published by the CEPCB.
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