To date, on May 16th , in Romania, 1.071.899 cases of people infected with the new coronavirus (COVID – 19) have been confirmed.
1.025.145 patients were declared cured.
Following the tests performed at national level, compared to the last report 565 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 | 20990 | 19 | 1,20 |
| 2. | Arad | 23516 | 13 | 0,58 |
| 3. | Argeș | 27090 | 18 | 0,86 |
| 4. | Bacău | 25915 | 5 | 0,36 |
| 5. | Bihor | 28938 | 18 | 0,89 |
| 6. | Bistrița-Năsăud | 11790 | 9 | 0,62 |
| 7. | Botoșani | 14053 | 7 | 0,38 |
| 8. | Brașov | 43359 | 13 | 0,82 |
| 9. | Brăila | 13172 | 9 | 0,63 |
| 10. | Buzău | 12464 | 19 | 0,48 |
| 11. | Caraș-Severin | 11284 | 10 | 1,05 |
| 12. | Călărași | 9979 | 4 | 0,48 |
| 13. | Cluj | 57097 | 56 | 1,18 |
| 14. | Constanța | 42676 | 17 | 0,62 |
| 15. | Covasna | 8464 | 12 | 0,80 |
| 16. | Dâmbovița | 22370 | 15 | 0,48 |
| 17. | Dolj | 26447 | 11 | 0,52 |
| 18. | Galați | 27380 | 10 | 0,64 |
| 19. | Giurgiu | 10946 | 14 | 0,50 |
| 20. | Gorj | 9169 | 2 | 0,19 |
| 21. | Harghita | 8193 | 3 | 0,76 |
| 22. | Hunedoara | 22758 | 15 | 0,76 |
| 23. | Ialomița | 10694 | 3 | 0,40 |
| 24. | Iași | 42123 | 16 | 0,42 |
| 25. | Ilfov | 44832 | 31 | 1,06 |
| 26. | Maramureș | 20267 | 7 | 0,30 |
| 27. | Mehedinți | 8259 | 5 | 0,70 |
| 28. | Mureș | 23758 | 15 | 0,82 |
| 29. | Neamț | 18707 | 13 | 0,64 |
| 30. | Olt | 14465 | 6 | 0,45 |
| 31. | Prahova | 34830 | 32 | 1,11 |
| 32. | Satu Mare | 12914 | 2 | 0,32 |
| 33. | Sălaj | 10871 | 5 | 0,73 |
| 34. | Sibiu | 26218 | 19 | 1,02 |
| 35. | Suceava | 24054 | 9 | 0,29 |
| 36. | Teleorman | 13598 | 6 | 0,67 |
| 37. | Timiș | 54041 | 26 | 0,84 |
| 38. | Tulcea | 8331 | 14 | 0,55 |
| 39. | Vaslui | 15866 | 11 | 0,31 |
| 40. | Vâlcea | 16279 | 7 | 0,61 |
| 41. | Vrancea | 10594 | 3 | 0,55 |
| 42. | Mun. București | 182530 | 130 | 1,06 |
| 43. | Cazuri noi nealocate pe județe |
618* |
-94 | |
| TOTAL | 1.071.899 | 565 | ||
*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:
Apart from the newly confirmed cases, following the retesting of patients who were already positive, 102 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 | |
| 2 | ARAD | 1 |
| 3 | ARGEŞ | 1 |
| 4 | BACĂU | 3 |
| 5 | BIHOR | |
| 6 | BISTRIŢA-NĂSĂUD | |
| 7 | BOTOŞANI | 2 |
| 8 | BRĂILA | |
| 9 | BRAŞOV | 3 |
| 10 | BUZĂU | 3 |
| 11 | CĂLĂRAŞI | |
| 12 | CARAŞ-SEVERIN | |
| 13 | CLUJ | 1 |
| 14 | CONSTANŢA | |
| 15 | COVASNA | |
| 16 | DÂMBOVIŢA | 3 |
| 17 | DOLJ | |
| 18 | GALAŢI | 2 |
| 19 | GIURGIU | 1 |
| 20 | GORJ | |
| 21 | HARGHITA | 3 |
| 22 | HUNEDOARA | 5 |
| 23 | IALOMIŢA | |
| 24 | IAŞI | 5 |
| 25 | ILFOV | 2 |
| 26 | MARAMUREŞ | 3 |
| 27 | MEHEDINŢI | |
| 28 | MUNICIPIUL BUCUREŞTI | 13 |
| 29 | MUREŞ | 5 |
| 30 | NEAMŢ | 7 |
| 31 | OLT | 1 |
| 32 | PRAHOVA | 7 |
| 33 | SĂLAJ | 3 |
| 34 | SATU MARE | 1 |
| 35 | SIBIU | 2 |
| 36 | SUCEAVA | 5 |
| 37 | TELEORMAN | 5 |
| 38 | TIMIŞ | 2 |
| 39 | TULCEA | 3 |
| 40 | VÂLCEA | 3 |
| 41 | VASLUI | 5 |
| 42 | VRANCEA | 2 |
| TOTAL | 102 |
To date, 29.523 people diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2 infection have died.
Between 15.05.2021 (10:00) – 16.05.2021 (10:00), were reported 38 deaths (22 men and 16 women), of some patients infected with the new coronavirus, hospitalized in din Alba, Argeș, Bacău, Bihor, Bistrița-Năsăud, Botoșani, Brăila, Brașov, Caraș-Severin, Cluj, Dolj, Harghita, Mehedinți, Mureș, Prahova, Sibiu, Suceava, Timiș, Vaslui and Bucharest.
Of these, 1 death was recorded in the age category 50-59 years, 10 deaths in the age category 60-69 years, 17 deaths in the age category 70-79 years and 10 deaths in the age group over 80 years.
36 of the registered deaths are of some patients who presented comorbidities, and 2 deceased patients didn’t presented.
In the specialized health units, the total number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 is 4.904. Of these, 777 are hospitalized at Intensiv Care Units.
To date, 7.644.702 RT-PCR tests and 1.033.521 rapid antigen tests have been processed nationwide. In the last 24 hours, 12.957 RT-PCR tests were performed (4.733 based on the case definition and medical protocol and 8.224 on request) and 5.792 rapid antigen tests.
In Romania, 13.903 people confirmed with the new coronavirus infection are in isolation at home, and 5.294 people are in institutional isolation. Also, 40.259 people are in quarantine at home, and 98 people are in institutionalized quarantine.
In the last 24 hours, 590 calls were registered to the unique emergency number 112.
As a result of the violation of the provisions of Law no. 55/2020 regarding some measures for preventing and combating the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the police and gendarmes applied, on May 15th , 1.703 sanctions for minor offenses, amounting to 414.200 lei.
Also, through the competent structures of the Police, 6 criminal files were 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, 23.536 Romanian citizens were confirmed as infected with SARS – CoV – 2 (coronavirus): 2.542 in Italy, 16.778 in Spain, 195 in the United Kingdom, 127 in France, 3.124 in Germany, 93 in Greece, 49 in Denmark, 37 in Hungary, 28 in the Netherlands, 2 in Namibia, 5 in the USA, 8 in Sweden, 141 in Austria, 22 in Belgium, 6 in Japan, 2 in Indonesia, 58 in Switzerland, 4 in Turkey, 2 in Iceland, 2 in Belarus, 7 in Bulgaria, 13 in Cyprus, 4 in India, 5 in Ukraine, 8 in Emirates United Arab Emirates, 14 in the Republic of Moldova, 3 in Montenegro, 218 in Ireland, 5 in Singapore, 5 in Tunisia, 8 in the Republic of Korea, 2 in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2 in Serbia and one each in Argentina, Luxembourg, Malta, Brazil, Kazakhstan, Republic of Congo, Qatar, Vatican, Portugal, Egypt, Pakistan, Iran, Slovenia, Russian Federation, Croatia, Finland and Poland. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 epidemic (coronavirus) and until now, 190 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, 5 in Ireland, 2 in Switzerland, 2 in Austria, one in the USA, one in Brazil, one in the Republic of Congo, one in Greece, one in Iran and one in Poland, 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 to inform 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 6th of May – 13th of May 2021, 31.545.500 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*
|
| France | 5.777.087 (+124.840) | 106.421 (+1.573) | 373.975 – |
| United Kingdom | 4.434.860 (+14.659) | 127.605 (+67) | 15.147 – |
| Italy | 4.111.210 (+66.448) | 122.833 (+1.656) | 3.636.089 – |
| Spain | 3.581.392 (+40.962) | 78.895 (+602) | 150.376 – |
| Germany | 3.527.251 (+101.269) | 84.829 (+1.553) | 3.231.090 – |
Source: European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (CEPCB) (https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en )
| OVERALL SITUATION ON 15th of MAY 2021 | ||
| CONFIRMED CASES | DEAD | CURED* |
| 158.673.640 (+5.453.064) | 3.299.568 (+90.152) | 95.390.977 – |
* according to data published by Johns Hopkins CSSE – https://systems.jhu.edu/ The data on the cured persons were updated on May 11, 2021, their number (total and broken down by state) not being revised by Johns Hopkins CSSE.
** the data in parentheses represent the number of new cases, between May 6, 2021 – May 13, 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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