PRESS RELEASE, Strategic Communication Group, July 24th, 2020, 1 p.m.

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Until today, on July the 24th, in Romania, 42.394 cases of people infected with COVID – 19 (coronavirus) have been confirmed.

25.349 patients were cured and 2.918 asymptomatic patients were discharged at 10 days after detection.

Following the tests performed at national level, compared to the last report, 1.119 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 new confirmed cases
1. Alba 642 11
2. Arad 865 14
3. Argeș 2472 101
4. Bacău 1075 52
5. Bihor 765 11
6. Bistrița-Năsăud 761 16
7. Botoșani 1125 8
8. Brașov 2643 58
9. Brăila 544 52
10. Buzău 1099 33
11. Caraș-Severin 182 11
12. Călărași 256 2
13. Cluj 973 3
14. Constanța 745 32
15. Covasna 386 4
16. Dâmbovița 1413 70
17. Dolj 533 33
18. Galați 1822 36
19. Giurgiu 348 17
20. Gorj 643 30
21. Harghita 437 4
22. Hunedoara 848 17
23. Ialomița 669 10
24. Iași 1220 16
25. Ilfov 1105 28
26. Maramureș 313 15
27. Mehedinți 449 58
28. Mureș 892 7
29. Neamț 1108 10
30. Olt 581 20
31. Prahova 1323 35
32. Satu Mare 87 1
33. Sălaj 142 3
34. Sibiu 832 31
35. Suceava 4371 34
36. Teleorman 298 36
37. Timiș 917 21
38. Tulcea 252 8
39. Vaslui 467 11
40. Vâlcea 308 39
41. Vrancea 1465 16
42. Mun. București 4976 105
43. – 42 0
                                       TOTAL 42.394 1.119

Aside from the newly confirmed cases, following the retesting of patients who were already positive, 470 people were reconfirmed positively. The distribution by county of these cases can be found in the table below:

No. crt. County Positive tests at retest
1 ALBA 2
2 ARAD 10
3 ARGEŞ 42
4 BACĂU 12
5 BIHOR 2
6 BISTRIŢA-NĂSĂUD 18
7 BOTOŞANI 4
8 BRĂILA 9
9 BRAŞOV 43
10 BUZĂU 14
11 CĂLĂRAŞI 9
12 CARAŞ-SEVERIN 0
13 CLUJ 12
14 CONSTANŢA 26
15 COVASNA 2
16 DÂMBOVIŢA 10
17 DOLJ 6
18 GALAŢI 8
19 GIURGIU 1
20 GORJ 26
21 HARGHITA 7
22 HUNEDOARA 0
23 IALOMIŢA 0
24 IAŞI 17
25 MARAMUREŞ 0
26 MEHEDINŢI 8
27 MUREŞ 4
28 NEAMŢ 7
29 OLT 15
30 PRAHOVA 22
31 SĂLAJ 0
32 SATU MARE 0
33 SIBIU 16
34 SUCEAVA 6
35 TELEORMAN 9
36 TIMIŞ 4
37 TULCEA 4
38 VÂLCEA 6
39 VASLUI 4
40 VRANCEA 17
41 MUNICIPIUL BUCUREŞTI 56
42 ILFOV 12
  TOTAL 470

At the same time, so far, 2.150 people diagnosed with COVID-19 died.

Between 23.07.2020 (10:00) – 24.07.2020 (10:00),  were registered 24 deaths (13 men and 11 women), of some patients infected with the new coronavirus, hospitalized in Alba, Argeș, Bacău, Bihor, Caraș-Severin, Dâmbovița, Hunedoara, Iași, Olt, Prahova, Sibiu, Suceava, Vaslui, Ilfov and Bucharest.

Among these, 2 deaths in the age category 40-49, 2 deaths in the age category 50-59 years, 7 deaths in the age category 60-69 years, 7 deaths in the age category 70-79,  and 6 deaths, persons over 80 years old.

In all cases, deaths occurred in patients with preexisting comorbidity.

In the specialized health units, the total number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 is 5.864. Of these, 301 patients are hospitalized at intensive care units.

Until today, 1.053.656 tests have been processed at national level. Of these, 22.532 were performed in the last 24 hours, 12.839 based on the case definition and medical protocol, and 9.693 on request. Also, since the last information made by SCG, the results of 432 tests processed before the last 24 hours and transmitted until July 24th have also been reported.

In Romania, 845 people confirmed with the new coronavirus are in isolation at home, and 1.420 people are in institutionalized isolation. Also, 6.810 people are quarantined at home, and 39 persons are in institutionalized quarantine.

In the last 24 hours, 760 calls were registered at 112 emergency number and 1.245 at TELVERDE 0800 800 358, a telephone line strictly assigned to inform.

The police and the gendarmes applied, in the last 24 hours, 1.014 sanctions, amounting to 172.770 lei, for minor offenses regarding the violation of the provisions of Law no. 55 of 15.05.2020 on some measures to prevent and combat the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Also, the specialized structures of Romanian Police found a crime yesterday of thwarting the fight against diseases, a crime 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 special telephone line TELVERDE (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 countries, 5.290   Romanian citizens were confirmed to be infected with COVID-19: 1.891 in Italy, 561 in Spain, 124 in France, 2.363 in Germany, 157 in the United Kingdom, 28 in the Netherlands, 2 in Namibia, 4 in the USA, 111 in Austria, 3 in Belgium, 6 in Japan, 2 in Indonesia, 2 in Switzerland, 2 in Turkey, 2 in Iceland, 2 in Belarus, 16 in Greece, 2 in Cyprus and one each in Argentina, Tunisia, Ireland, Luxembourg, the United Arab Emirates, Malta, Brazil, India, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, and Sweden. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) epidemic, 122 Romanian citizens abroad, 31 in Italy, 19 in France, 43 in Great Britain, 9 in Spain, 14 in Germany, 2 in Belgium, one in Sweden, one in Switzerland, one in the USA and one in Brazil, died.

Among the Romanian citizens who are confirmed with the new coronavirus, 165 have been declared healed: 135 in Germany, 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 the 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, but a telephone line strictly assigned to inform. 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 23rd of July 2020, 1 647 936 cases have been reported in the EU / EEA, the United Kingdom, Monaco, San Marino, Switzerland, Andorra. Most cases have been reported in the United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, France, and Germany.

COUNTRY

 

 CONFIRMED CASES DEAD

 

 CURED*

 
United Kingdom 296.377      (+560)   45.501 (+189)         1.425      (+9)
Spain 267.551     (+1.357)   28.426    (+2)     150.376           –
Italy 245.032      (+280)   35.082    (+9)     197.842     (+214)
France 178.336      (+998)   30.172    (+7)       80.600     (+516)
Germany 203.368      (+569)     9.101    (+6)     189.140     (+512)

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

Global situation at 23rd of July 2020

 
CONFIRMED CASES DEAD CURED*
15.201.538 (+311.022) 623.282 (+6.965) 8.763.796  (+118.265)

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

* data in parentheses represent the number of new cases, between July 22nd and July 23rd, 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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