PRESS RELEASE, Strategic Communication Group, October 21st , 2020, 1 p.m.

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Until today, on October 21st , in Romania, 191.102 cases of people infected with the new coronavirus (COVID – 19) have been confirmed.

137.835 patients were declared cured.

Following the tests performed at national level, compared to the last report, 4.848 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 3743 170
2. Arad 4026 132
3. Argeș 6179 44
4. Bacău 6935 158
5. Bihor 4897 126
6. Bistrița-Năsăud 2054 50
7. Botoșani 2432 55
8. Brașov 8096 127
9. Brăila 3062 30
10. Buzău 3403 69
11. Caraș-Severin 2125 69
12. Călărași 1298 41
13. Cluj 6315 343
14. Constanța 4508 104
15. Covasna 1782 37
16. Dâmbovița 5409 128
17. Dolj 4806 201
18. Galați 5584 71
19. Giurgiu 1588 24
20. Gorj 2541 34
21. Harghita 2178 97
22. Hunedoara 3395 43
23. Ialomița 1787 46
24. Iași 8446 231
25. Ilfov 4804 130
26. Maramureș 3231 63
27. Mehedinți 1796 55
28. Mureș 3543 234
29. Neamț 5016 88
30. Olt 2858 45
31. Prahova 8224 112
32. Satu Mare 1262 64
33. Sălaj 1671 145
34. Sibiu 3807 130
35. Suceava 8236 198
36. Teleorman 2517 78
37. Timiș 6344 176
38. Tulcea 1257 22
39. Vaslui 4272 83
40. Vâlcea 3904 120
41. Vrancea 3148 24
42. Mun. București 28479 650
43. – 144 1
 TOTAL 191.102 4.848

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, 773 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 17
2 ARAD 10
3 ARGEŞ 14
4 BACĂU 31
5 BIHOR 26
6 BISTRIŢA-NĂSĂUD 9
7 BOTOŞANI 17
8 BRĂILA 7
9 BRAŞOV 28
10 BUZĂU 6
11 CĂLĂRAŞI 5
12 CARAŞ-SEVERIN 1
13 CLUJ 29
14 CONSTANŢA 18
15 COVASNA 14
16 DÂMBOVIŢA 4
17 DOLJ 38
18 GALAŢI 25
19 GIURGIU 0
20 GORJ 14
21 HARGHITA 19
22 HUNEDOARA 23
23 IALOMIŢA 0
24 IAŞI 58
25 MARAMUREŞ 7
26 MEHEDINŢI 18
27 MUREŞ 3
28 NEAMŢ 12
29 OLT 16
30 PRAHOVA 24
31 SĂLAJ 0
32 SATU MARE 10
33 SIBIU 70
34 SUCEAVA 49
35 TELEORMAN 4
36 TIMIŞ 30
37 TULCEA 3
38 VÂLCEA 15
39 VASLUI 42
40 VRANCEA 2
41 MUNICIPIUL BUCUREŞTI 50
42 ILFOV 5
  TOTAL 773

Until today, 6.065 people diagnosed with COVID-19 infection have died.

Between 20.10.2020 (10:00) – 21.10.2020 (10:00), 69 deaths (44 men and 25 women) were reported, of some patients infected with the new coronavirus, hospitalized in Alba, Arad, Bacău, Bistrița-Năsăud, Brăila, Caraș-Severin, Cluj, Constanța, Dâmbovița, Dolj, Gorj, Harghita, Hunedoara, Iași, Maramureș, Olt, Prahova, Sibiu, Suceava, Teleorman, Timiș, Ilfov and Bucharest.

Of these, 10 deaths were recorded in the age category 50-59 years, 18 deaths in the age category 60-69 years, 18 deaths in the age category 70-79 years and 23 deaths in the age category of over 80 years.

65 deaths were from patients with comorbidities, 4 patients did not presented comorbidities.

In the health units, the total number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 is 10.250. Of these, 766 are hospitalized at intensive care units.

To date, 2.927.096 tests have been processed at national level. Of these, 37.025 were performed in the last 24 hours, 22.388 based on case definition and medical protocol, and 14.637 upon request.

In Romania, 20.593 people confirmed with the new coronavirus infection are in isolation at home, and 9.808 people are in institutional isolation. Also, 50.162 people are in quarantine at home, and 51 people are in institutionalized quarantine.

In the last 24 hours, 2.296 calls were registered to the unique emergency number 112 and 949 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, 6.091 sanctions for minor offenses, amounting to 845.200 lei.

Also, through the competent structures of the Police, 14 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 20th October 2020, 5.039.783 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*

 
Spania 974.449  (+37.889)   33.992 (+217)     150.376         –
Franţa 910.277  (+13.243)   33.623 (+146)     110.515     (+904)
Regatul Unit 741.212  (+18.803)   43.726   (+80)         2.626       (+13)
Italia 423.578    (+9.337)   36.616   (+73)     255.005  (+2.046)
Germania 373.167    (+6.868)      9.836  (+47)     299.743  (+1.144)

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

OVERALL SITUATION ON 20th OF OCTOBER 2020

                                                                                                       
CONFIRMED CASES DEAD CURED*
40.472.505  (+365.540) 1.119.283  (+4.647) 27.908.968   (+205.330)  

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

* data in parentheses represent the number of new cases, between October 19th and October 20th, 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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