Until today, on May 23rh, in Romania, 17,857 cases of people infected with COVID – 19 virus (coronavirus) have been confirmed. Of the people confirmed positive, 11.187 were declared cured and discharged.
Number of confirmed cases, by counties, according to the report of the National Institute of Public Health:
| Nr. crt. | Județ | Număr de cazuri confirmate |
| 1. | Alba | 288 |
| 2. | Arad | 695 |
| 3. | Argeș | 232 |
| 4. | Bacău | 486 |
| 5. | Bihor | 546 |
| 6. | Bistrița-Năsăud | 316 |
| 7. | Botoșani | 704 |
| 8. | Brașov | 677 |
| 9. | Brăila | 22 |
| 10. | Buzău | 158 |
| 11. | Caraș-Severin | 112 |
| 12. | Călărași | 79 |
| 13. | Cluj | 538 |
| 14. | Constanța | 267 |
| 15. | Covasna | 229 |
| 16. | Dâmbovița | 252 |
| 17. | Dolj | 191 |
| 18. | Galați | 566 |
| 19. | Giurgiu | 211 |
| 20. | Gorj | 113 |
| 21. | Harghita | 105 |
| 22. | Hunedoara | 622 |
| 23. | Ialomița | 347 |
| 24. | Iași | 456 |
| 25. | Ilfov | 447 |
| 26. | Maramureș | 92 |
| 27. | Mehedinți | 104 |
| 28. | Mureș | 660 |
| 29. | Neamț | 864 |
| 30. | Olt | 67 |
| 31. | Prahova | 96 |
| 32. | Satu Mare | 61 |
| 33. | Sălaj | 85 |
| 34. | Sibiu | 479 |
| 35. | Suceava | 3.415 |
| 36. | Teleorman | 128 |
| 37. | Timiș | 498 |
| 38. | Tulcea | 139 |
| 39. | Vaslui | 155 |
| 40. | Vâlcea | 28 |
| 41. | Vrancea | 564 |
| 42. | Mun. București | 1.728 |
| 43. | – | 35 |
| TOTAL | 17.857 | |
At the same time, so far, 1170 people diagnosed with COVID-19 infection, hospitalized in Dolj, Bucharest, Iași, Suceava, Arad, Bacău, Timiș, Cluj, Neamț, Hunedoara, Constanța, Satu Mare, Sibiu, Ialomița, Bistrița -Năsăud, Covasna, Dâmbovița, Vrancea, Galați, Caraș-Severin, Mureș, Giurgiu, Bihor, Argeș, Vaslui, Botoșani, Alba, Sălaj, Brașov, Mehedinți, Teleorman, Gorj, Prahova, Vâlcea, Călărași, Maramureș, Olt and Ilfov, they died.
Since the last information sent by the Strategic Communication Group, another 145 new cases of illness have been registered.
At the moment, 196 patients are hospitalized at ATI.
On the Romanian territory, there are 8.239 people in institutionalized quarantine. Another 54.974 people are in solitary confinement at home and are under medical supervision.
Until today, 361.566 tests have been processed at national level.
In the last 24 hours, 537 calls were registered to the unique emergency number 112 and 1.178 to the TELVERDE line (0800 800 358), open especially for informing citizens.
As a result of the violation of the provisions of Law no. 55 of 15.05.2020 regarding some measures for preventing and combating the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the police and gendarmes applied, in the last 24 hours, 251 sanctions for minor offenses, amounting to 168.710 lei.
Also, through the competent structures of the Police, 3 crimes were found yesterday to thwart the fight against diseases, a deed provided and punished by art. 352 Penal Code.
On 21st of May, 54 persons who did comply with the measure of isolation at home or quarantine were placed in institutionalized quarantine for 14 days .
Regarding the situation of Romanian citizens in other states, according to the diplomatic missions and consular offices of Romania abroad, 3.067 Romanian citizens were confirmed to be infected with COVID-19: 1.699 in Italy, 561 in Spain, 84 in France, 576 in Germany, 87 in the United Kingdom, 28 in the Netherlands, 2 in Namibia, 3 in the USA, 4 in Austria, 3 in Belgium, 6 in Japan, 2 in Indonesia, 2 in Switzerland, 2 in Turkey and one in each following countries Argentina, Tunisia, Ireland, Luxembourg, the United Arab Emirates, Malta, Brazil and Sweden. From the beginning of the COVID-19 epidemic to the present, 106 Romanian citizens abroad died – 31 in Italy, 19 in France, 35 in Great Britain, 9 in Spain, 6 in Germany, 2 in Belgium, One in Sweden, one in Switzerland, one in the USA and one in Brazil.
Among the Romanian citizens who are confirmed with the new coronavirus, 22 have been declared healed: 9 in Germany, 9 in France, 2 in Indonesia, one in Luxembourg and one in Tunisia.
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. Also, Romanians abroad can request information about preventing and combating the virus at the line specially dedicated to them, +4021.320.20.20.
Other decisions, as well as other data of interest, will be made public as soon as possible.
Below we present the situation regarding the infection with COVID – 19 virus (Coronavirus) at European and global level:
Until 22th of May 2020, 1,335,410 cases have been reported in the EU / EEA, the United Kingdom, Monaco, San Marino, Switzerland, Andorra. Most cases have been reported in Italy, France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom.
| Country
|
Confirmed
cases |
DEAD
|
CURED*
|
| United Kingdom | 250.908 (+2.615) | 36.042 (+338) | 1.142 (+8) |
| Spain | 233.037 (+482) | 27.940 (+52) | 150.376 – |
| Italy | 228.006 (+642) | 32.486 (+156) | 136.720 (+2.160) |
| France | 144.163 (+318) | 28.215 (+83) | 63.986 (+10) |
| Germany | 177.212 (+460) | 8.174 (+27) | 159.064 (+977) |
Source: Source: European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (CEPCB) (https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en)
| Overall situation on 21st of May 2020
|
||
| CONFIRMED CASES | DEAD
|
CURED*
|
| 4.861.456 (+94.988) | 332.711 (+4.807) | 2.058.581 (+108.063) |
* according to data published by Johns Hopkins CSSE – https://systems.jhu.edu/
* data in parentheses represent the number of new cases, between May 19th and May 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.
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