PRESS RELEASE, Strategic Communication Group, October 20th , 2020, 1 p.m.

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Until today, on October 20th, in Romania, 186.254  cases of people infected with the new coronavirus (COVID – 19) have been confirmed.

134,395 patients were declared cured.

Following the tests performed at national level, compared to the last report, 3,400 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
1. Alba 3573 120
2. Arad 3894 105
3. Argeș 6135 40
4. Bacău 6777 101
5. Bihor 4771 82
6. Bistrița-Năsăud 2004 54
7. Botoșani 2377 51
8. Brașov 7969 57
9. Brăila 3032 25
10. Buzău 3334 29
11. Caraș-Severin 2056 72
12. Călărași 1257 37
13. Cluj 5972 228
14. Constanța 4404 91
15. Covasna 1745 41
16. Dâmbovița 5281 62
17. Dolj 4605 57
18. Galați 5513 60
19. Giurgiu 1564 16
20. Gorj 2507 35
21. Harghita 2081 85
22. Hunedoara 3352 71
23. Ialomița 1741 45
24. Iași 8215 214
25. Ilfov 4674 98
26. Maramureș 3168 79
27. Mehedinți 1741 30
28. Mureș 3309 86
29. Neamț 4928 82
30. Olt 2813 44
31. Prahova 8112 132
32. Satu Mare 1198 3
33. Sălaj 1526 34
34. Sibiu 3677 38
35. Suceava 8038 97
36. Teleorman 2439 95
37. Timiș 6168 147
38. Tulcea 1235 14
39. Vaslui 4189 32
40. Vâlcea 3784 34
41. Vrancea 3124 32
42. Mun. București 27829 545
43. – 143 –
 TOTAL 186.254 3.400

The coefficient of infections accumulated at 14 days, reported per 1,000 inhabitants, calculated by the Public Health Directorates, at the level of Bucharest Municipality and counties is the following:

Apart from the newly confirmed cases, following the retesting of patients who were already positive, 827 people were reconfirmed positively. The distribution by counties of these cases can be found in the table below.

No. crt. County Positive results at retest
1 ALBA 25
2 ARAD 26
3 ARGEŞ 11
4 BACĂU 22
5 BIHOR 41
6 BISTRIŢA-NĂSĂUD 0
7 BOTOŞANI 13
8 BRĂILA 7
9 BRAŞOV 13
10 BUZĂU 4
11 CĂLĂRAŞI 6
12 CARAŞ-SEVERIN 0
13 CLUJ 33
14 CONSTANŢA 15
15 COVASNA 15
16 DÂMBOVIŢA 3
17 DOLJ 22
18 GALAŢI 16
19 GIURGIU 2
20 GORJ 24
21 HARGHITA 14
22 HUNEDOARA 143
23 IALOMIŢA 2
24 IAŞI 68
25 MARAMUREŞ 11
26 MEHEDINŢI 1
27 MUREŞ 17
28 NEAMŢ 33
29 OLT 6
30 PRAHOVA 11
31 SĂLAJ 13
32 SATU MARE 1
33 SIBIU 18
34 SUCEAVA 11
35 TELEORMAN 3
36 TIMIŞ 34
37 TULCEA 6
38 VÂLCEA 16
39 VASLUI 2
40 VRANCEA 10
41 MUNICIPIUL BUCUREŞTI 107
42 ILFOV 2
  TOTAL 827

Until today, 5,996 people diagnosed with COVID-19 infection have died.

Between 19.10.2020 (10:00) – 20.10.2020 (10:00), 65 deaths (34 men and 31 women) were reported, of some patients infected with the new coronavirus, hospitalized in Argeș, Bacău, Bistrița-Năsăud, Botoșani, Buzău, Călărași, Caraș-Severin, Constanța, Covasna, Dâmbovița, Dolj, Galați, Giurgiu, Harghita, Ialomița, Iași, Maramureș, Mehedinți, Mureș, Neamț, Olt, Prahova, Sibiu, Suceava, Timiș, Tulcea, Vaslui, Ilfov and Bucharest.

Of these, 2 deaths were recorded in the age category 40-49 years, 6 deaths in the age category 50-59 years, 12 deaths in the age category 60-69 years, 23 deaths in the age category 70-79 years and 22 deaths in the age category of over 80 years.

61 deaths were from patients with comorbidities, 1 patient did not presented comorbidities and in other 3 cases have not been reported comorbidities till now.

In the health units, the total number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 is 10,266. Of these, 768 are hospitalized at intensive care units.

To date, 2.890.071 tests have been processed at national level. Of these, 29,400 were performed in the last 24 hours, 19,172 based on case definition and medical protocol, and 10,228 upon request. Also, from the last GCS communication, have been reported the results of 445 tests processed before 24 haours and reported till 20th of Octobre.

In Romania, 20,352 people confirmed with the new coronavirus infection are in isolation at home, and 9,880 people are in institutional isolation. Also, 50,285 people are in quarantine at home, and 16 people are in institutionalized quarantine.

In the last 24 hours, 2,514 calls were registered to the unique emergency number 112 and 1.241 calls to TELVERDE (0800 800 358), open telephone line for informing citizens

.

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, in the last 24 hours, 5,220 sanctions for minor offenses, amounting to 837.030 lei.

Also, through the competent structures of the Police, 11 crimes were found 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, 6,829 Romanian citizens were confirmed as infected with COVID-19 (coronavirus): 1,917 in Italy, 1,253 in Spain, 124 in France, 3,013 in Germany, 159 in Great Britain , 36 in Hungary, 28 in Netherlands, 2 in Namibia, 4 in USA, 122 in Austria, 22 in Belgium, 6 in Japan, 2 in Indonesia, 8 in Switzerland, 3 in Turkey, 2 in Iceland, 2 in Belarus, 93 in Greece, 9 in Cyprus, 2 in India, 2 in Ukraine, 7 in the United Arab Emirates and one each in Argentina, Tunisia, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, Brazil, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Sweden, Congo, Qatar, Vatican and Portugal . Since the beginning of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) epidemic and until now, 126 Romanian citizens abroad, 31 in Italy, 19 in France, 43 in Great Britain, 11 in Spain, 14 in Germany, 2 in Belgium, one in Sweden, one in Switzerland, one in the USA, one in Brazil, one in the Republic of Congo and one in Greece, have died.

Among the Romanian citizens confirmed with the new coronavirus, 797 were declared cured: 677 in Germany, 90 in France, 18 in France, 6 in Japan, 2 in Indonesia, 2 in Namibia, one in Luxembourg and one in Tunisia.

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 allocated 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 COVID – 19 virus (Coronavirus) at European and global level:

As of 19th September 2020, 4.909.402 cases have been reported in the EU / EEA, the United Kingdom, Monaco, San Marino, Switzerland, Andorra. Most cases have been reported in the Spain, France, United Kingdom, Italy, and Germany.

COUNTRY

 

 CONFIRMED CASES DEAD

 

 CURED*

 
Spain 936.560       –   33.775      –     150.376         –
France 897.034  (+29.837)   33.477   (+85)     109.611    (+1.597)
United Kingdom 722.409  (+16.981)   43.646   (+67)         2.613        (+24)
Italy 414.241  (+11.705)   36.543   (+69)     252.959    (+1.498)
Germany 366.299    (+4.325)     9.789   (+12)     298.599    (+5.152)

Source: European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (CEPCB) (https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en )

OVERALL SITUATION ON 19th OF OCTOBER 2020

                                                                                                       
CONFIRMED CASES DEAD CURED*
40.106.965  (+332.113) 1.114.636  (+3.734) 27.703.638   (+215.570)

* according to data published by Johns Hopkins CSSE – https://systems.jhu.edu/

* data in parentheses represent the number of new cases, between October 18th and October 19th, 2020

* The CEPCB states that updates at the 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.

 

Strategic Communication Group

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