PRESS RELEASE, Strategic Communication Group, October 23rd , 2020, 1 p.m.

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Until today, on October 23rd , in Romania, 201.032 cases of people infected with the new coronavirus (COVID – 19) have been confirmed.

144.429 patients were declared cured.

Following the tests performed at national level, compared to the last report, 5.028  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 3935 96
2. Arad 4258 114
3. Argeș 6337 93
4. Bacău 7184 117
5. Bihor 5146 122
6. Bistrița-Năsăud 2156 51
7. Botoșani 2547 55
8. Brașov 8466 233
9. Brăila 3125 26
10. Buzău 3496 50
11. Caraș-Severin 2240 53
12. Călărași 1368 52
13. Cluj 6926 273
14. Constanța 4739 129
15. Covasna 1845 23
16. Dâmbovița 5637 91
17. Dolj 5071 158
18. Galați 5712 61
19. Giurgiu 1636 19
20. Gorj 2602 37
21. Harghita 2429 130
22. Hunedoara 3609 94
23. Ialomița 1858 50
24. Iași 9025 268
25. Ilfov 5146 136
26. Maramureș 3465 106
27. Mehedinți 1882 62
28. Mureș 3864 170
29. Neamț 5280 103
30. Olt 2981 52
31. Prahova 8557 189
32. Satu Mare 1335 37
33. Sălaj 1899 141
34. Sibiu 4087 160
35. Suceava 8483 135
36. Teleorman 2616 87
37. Timiș 6882 333
38. Tulcea 1317 25
39. Vaslui 4436 68
40. Vâlcea 4134 108
41. Vrancea 3212 34
42. Mun. București 29968 685
43. – 141 2
 TOTAL 201.032 5.028

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 876 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 34
2 ARAD 23
3 ARGEŞ 21
4 BACĂU 17
5 BIHOR 50
6 BISTRIŢA-NĂSĂUD 8
7 BOTOŞANI 22
8 BRĂILA 18
9 BRAŞOV 25
10 BUZĂU 10
11 CĂLĂRAŞI 8
12 CARAŞ-SEVERIN 0
13 CLUJ 44
14 CONSTANŢA 25
15 COVASNA 8
16 DÂMBOVIŢA 12
17 DOLJ 10
18 GALAŢI 3
19 GIURGIU 2
20 GORJ 19
21 HARGHITA 15
22 HUNEDOARA 5
23 IALOMIŢA 2
24 IAŞI 70
25 MARAMUREŞ 13
26 MEHEDINŢI 14
27 MUREŞ 17
28 NEAMŢ 21
29 OLT 26
30 PRAHOVA 25
31 SĂLAJ 11
32 SATU MARE 11
33 SIBIU 80
34 SUCEAVA 12
35 TELEORMAN 6
36 TIMIŞ 32
37 TULCEA 10
38 VÂLCEA 35
39 VASLUI 4
40 VRANCEA 8
41 MUNICIPIUL BUCUREŞTI 94
42 ILFOV 6
  TOTAL 876

Until today, 6.245 people diagnosed with COVID-19 infection have died.

Between 22.10.2020 (10:00) – 23.10.2020 (10:00), 82 deaths (52 men and 30 women) were reported, of some patients infected with the new coronavirus, hospitalized in Alba, Arad, Argeș, Bacău, Bihor, Bistrița-Năsăud, Botoșani, Brașov, Caraș-Severin, Cluj, Constanța, Covasna, Galați, Gorj, Harghita, Hunedoara, Iași, Maramureș, Mehedinți, Olt, Prahova, Sibiu, Suceava, Teleorman, Timiș, Tulcea, Vaslui, Vrancea, Ilfov and Bucharest.

Of these, 5 deaths were recorded in the age category 40-49 years, years 6 deaths were recorded in the age category 50-59 years, 22 deaths in the age category 60-69 years, 25 deaths in the age category 70-79 years and 25 deaths in the age category of over 80 years.

81 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 10.427. Of these, 782 are hospitalized at intensive care units.

To date, 3.002.800 tests have been processed at national level. Of these, 35.351 were performed in the last 24 hours, 22.018 based on case definition and medical protocol, and 13.333 upon request. Also, since the last information made by GCS, the results of 5,887 tests processed before the last 24 hours and transmitted until October 23rd were reported.

In Romania, 24.199 people confirmed with the new coronavirus infection are in isolation at home, and 9.725  people are in institutional isolation. Also, 50.658  people are in quarantine at home, and 52 people are in institutionalized quarantine.

In the last 24 hours, 2.617 calls were registered to the unique emergency number 112 and 912 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, 6.316 sanctions for minor offenses, amounting to  857.413 lei.

Also, through the competent structures of the Police, 9 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, 6,851 Romanian citizens were confirmed as infected with COVID-19 (coronavirus): 1,934 in Italy, 1,253 in Spain, 124 in France, 3,017 in Germany, 159 in Great Britain , 36 in Hungary, 28 in Netherlands, 2 in Namibia, 4 in USA, 123 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 22nd October 2020, 5.339.149 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 1.005.295(+16.973)   34.366 (+156)     150.376         –
Franţa    957.421(+26.676)   34.048 (+163)     112.662    (+947)
Regatul Unit    789.229(+26.687)   44.158 (+191)         2.652      (+16)
Italia    449.648(+15.199)   36.832 (+127)     259.456  (+2.082)
Germania    392.049(+11.287)      9.905  (+30)     308.779  (+4.606)

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

OVERALL SITUATION ON 22nd OF OCTOBER 2020

                                                                                                       
CONFIRMED CASES DEAD CURED*
41.299.301  (+443.104) 1.132.500   (+6.744) 28.349.541   (+229.422)

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

* data in parentheses represent the number of new cases, between October 21th and October 22th, 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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