PRESS RELEASE, Strategic Communication Group, October 22nd , 2020, 1 p.m.

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Until today, on October 22nd , in Romania, 196.004 cases of people infected with the new coronavirus (COVID – 19) have been confirmed.

141.089 patients were declared cured.

Following the tests performed at national level, compared to the last report, 4.902 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 3839 96
2. Arad 4144 118
3. Argeș 6244 65
4. Bacău 7067 132
5. Bihor 5024 127
6. Bistrița-Năsăud 2105 51
7. Botoșani 2492 60
8. Brașov 8233 137
9. Brăila 3099 37
10. Buzău 3446 43
11. Caraș-Severin 2187 62
12. Călărași 1316 18
13. Cluj 6653 338
14. Constanța 4610 102
15. Covasna 1822 40
16. Dâmbovița 5546 137
17. Dolj 4913 107
18. Galați 5651 67
19. Giurgiu 1617 29
20. Gorj 2565 24
21. Harghita 2299 121
22. Hunedoara 3515 120
23. Ialomița 1808 21
24. Iași 8757 311
25. Ilfov 5010 206
26. Maramureș 3359 128
27. Mehedinți 1820 24
28. Mureș 3694 151
29. Neamț 5177 161
30. Olt 2929 71
31. Prahova 8368 144
32. Satu Mare 1298 36
33. Sălaj 1758 87
34. Sibiu 3927 120
35. Suceava 8348 112
36. Teleorman 2529 12
37. Timiș 6549 205
38. Tulcea 1292 35
39. Vaslui 4368 96
40. Vâlcea 4026 122
41. Vrancea 3178 30
42. Mun. București 29283 804
43. – 139 -5*
 TOTAL 196.004 4.902

 

 

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 939 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 14
2 ARAD 20
3 ARGEŞ 6
4 BACĂU 21
5 BIHOR 30
6 BISTRIŢA-NĂSĂUD 11
7 BOTOŞANI 10
8 BRĂILA 2
9 BRAŞOV 40
10 BUZĂU 9
11 CĂLĂRAŞI 14
12 CARAŞ-SEVERIN 3
13 CLUJ 28
14 CONSTANŢA 28
15 COVASNA 3
16 DÂMBOVIŢA 19
17 DOLJ 33
18 GALAŢI 8
19 GIURGIU 10
20 GORJ 12
21 HARGHITA 38
22 HUNEDOARA 24
23 IALOMIŢA 6
24 IAŞI 57
25 MARAMUREŞ 6
26 MEHEDINŢI 10
27 MUREŞ 9
28 NEAMŢ 23
29 OLT 21
30 PRAHOVA 34
31 SĂLAJ 19
32 SATU MARE 5
33 SIBIU 40
34 SUCEAVA 29
35 TELEORMAN 15
36 TIMIŞ 19
37 TULCEA 1
38 VÂLCEA 14
39 VASLUI 62
40 VRANCEA 7
41 MUNICIPIUL BUCUREŞTI 169
42 ILFOV 10
TOTAL 939

 

Until today, 6.163 people diagnosed with COVID-19 infection have died.

Between 21.10.2020 (10:00) – 22.10.2020 (10:00), 98 deaths (55 men and 43 women) were reported, of some patients infected with the new coronavirus, hospitalized in Alba, Arad, Bacău, Bihor, Botoșani, Brăila, Brașov, Buzău, Călărași, Caraș-Severin, Constanța, Dâmbovița, Dolj, Galați, Harghita, Ialomița, Iași, Maramureș, Mehedinți, Mureș, Neamț, Prahova, Sibiu, Suceava, Timiș, Tulcea, Vaslui,, Ilfov and Bucharest.

Of these, 1 deaths were recorded in the age category 30-39, 5 deaths were recorded in the age category 40-49 years, years 6 deaths were recorded in the age category 50-59 years, 32 deaths in the age category 60-69 years, 29 deaths in the age category 70-79 years and 25 deaths in the age category of over 80 years.

95 deaths were from patients with comorbidities, 1 patients did not presented comorbidities.

In the health units, the total number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 is 10.354. Of these, 778 are hospitalized at intensive care units.

To date, 2.961.562 tests have been processed at national level. Of these, 34.466 were performed in the last 24 hours, 21.260 based on case definition and medical protocol, and 13.206 upon request.

In Romania, 23.455  people confirmed with the new coronavirus infection are in isolation at home, and 9.755 people are in institutional isolation. Also, 51.169 people are in quarantine at home, and 52 people are in institutionalized quarantine.

In the last 24 hours, 2.513  calls were registered to the unique emergency number 112 and 923 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, 5.931  sanctions for minor offenses, amounting to 793.577  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 21th 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 988.322  (+13.873)   34.210 (+218)     150.376         –
Franţa 930.745  (+20.468)   33.885 (+262)     111.715  (+1.200)
Regatul Unit 762.542  (+21.330)   43.967 (+241)         2.636       (+10)
Italia 434.449  (+10.871)   36.705   (+89)     257.374  (+2.369)
Germania 380.762    (+7.595)      9.875  (+39)     304.173  (+4.430)

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*
40.856.197  (+383.692) 1.125.756   (+6.473) 28.120.119 (+211.151)   

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

* data in parentheses represent the number of new cases, between October 20th and October 21th, 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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