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

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Until today, on August 1st, in Romania, 52.111  cases of people infected with COVID – 19 virus (coronavirus) have been confirmed.

27.346 were declared cured and discharged and 4.596  asymptomatic patients were discharged at 10 days after detection.

Following the tests performed at national level, compared to the last report, 1.225 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 Confirmed cases (total) New confirmed cases
1. Alba 746 8
2. Arad 1080 35
3. Argeș 3316 92
4. Bacău 1427 65
5. Bihor 958 38
6. Bistrița-Năsăud 876 19
7. Botoșani 1171 2
8. Brașov 3116 52
9. Brăila 872 41
10. Buzău 1333 25
11. Caraș-Severin 287 19
12. Călărași 302 7
13. Cluj 1235 40
14. Constanța 957 26
15. Covasna 439 10
16. Dâmbovița 1914 72
17. Dolj 772 53
18. Galați 2123 26
19. Giurgiu 404 –
20. Gorj 840 33
21. Harghita 538 4
22. Hunedoara 975 14
23. Ialomița 742 9
24. Iași 1491 27
25. Ilfov 1315 29
26. Maramureș 427 14
27. Mehedinți 746 22
28. Mureș 990 12
29. Neamț 1335 26
30. Olt 747 15
31. Prahova 2043 103
32. Satu Mare 108 6
33. Sălaj 179 4
34. Sibiu 916 12
35. Suceava 4545 18
36. Teleorman 363 9
37. Timiș 1291 58
38. Tulcea 291 10
39. Vaslui 637 13
40. Vâlcea 470 3
41. Vrancea 1738 36
42. Mun. București 6005 118
43. – 51 –
 TOTAL 52111

 

 1225

Aside from the newly confirmed cases, following the retesting of patients who were already positive, 638 people were reconfirmed positively. The distribution by county of these cases can be found in the table below:

No. crt. County Positive retest results
1 Alba 2
2 Arad 20
3 Arges 47
4 Bacau 20
5 Bihor 4
6 Bistrita 1
7 Botosani 7
8 Brasov 29
9 Braila 16
10 Buzau 6
11 Caras 17
12 Calarasi 2
13 Cluj 32
14 Constanta 26
15 Covasna 1
16 Dambovita 20
17 Dolj 8
18 Galati 20
19 Giurgiu 5
20 Gorj 20
21 Harghita 5
22 Hunedoara 4
23 Ialomita 2
24 Iasi 19
25 Maramures 3
26 Mehedinti 20
27 Mures 10
28 Neamt 10
29 Olt 8
30 Prahova 32
31 Satu Mare 3
32 Salaj 6
33 Sibiu 11
34 Suceava 21
35 Teleorman 2
36 Timis 24
37 Tulcea 4
38 Vaslui 17
39 Valcea 13
40 Vrancea 3
41 Bucuresti 95
42 Ilfov 23
  Total 638

At the same time, so far, 2.379 people diagnosed with COVID-19 died.

Between 31.07.2020 (10:00) – 01.08.2020 (10:00) were registered 36 deaths (25 men and 11 women), of some patients infected with the new coronavirus, hospitalized in Arad, Argeș, Bacău, Bistrița-Năsăud, Brăila, Brașov, Buzău, Dâmbovița, Galați, Ialomița, Maramureș, Mehedinți, Olt, Prahova, Sălaj, Suceava, Vâlcea, Vaslui, Ilfov and Bucharest.

Among these,  3 deaths were recorded in the age group 50-59 years, 11 deaths in the age category 60-69 years, 12 deaths in the age category 70-79 years and 10 deaths in the age category over 80 years.

In all cases, death occurred in patients who had comorbidities.

In the specialized health units, the total number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 is 7.445. Of these, 401 patients are hospitalized at intensive care units.

Until today, 1.226.058 tests have been processed at national level. Of these, 23.451 were performed in the last 24 hours, 13.756 based on the case definition and medical protocol, and 9.695  on request.

In Romania, 4742  people confirmed with the new coronavirus are in isolation at home, and 4284 people are in institutionalized isolation. Also, 16110 people are quarantined at home, and 58 persons are in institutionalized quarantine.

In the last 24 hours, 1.100 calls were registered to the unique emergency number 112 and 847 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 the gendarmes applied, in the last 24 hours, 1515  of contravention sanctions, amounting to 188.045 lei.

Also, through the competent structures of the Police, 3 crimes were found yesterday, regarding the  thwart 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 states, 5.486 Romanian citizens were confirmed as infected with COVID-19 (coronavirus): 1,891 in Italy, 561 in Spain, 124 in France, 2.558 in Germany, 157 in Great Britain, 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, Sweden and Congo Republic. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) epidemic and until now, 123 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, 1 in Brazil and one in Congo Republic, they died.

Among the Romanian citizens confirmed with the new coronavirus, 189 were declared cured: 159 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 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.

Other decisions, as well as other data of interest, will be made available to the public as soon as possible.

Below we present the situation regarding the infection with COVID – 19 virus (Coronavirus) at European and global level:

Until 31st of July 2020, 1 716 071 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 302.301       (+846)   45.999   (+38)         1.439      (+1)
Spain 285.430     (+2.789)   28.443     (+2)     150.376         –
Italy 247.158       (+382)   35.132     (+3)     199.974     (+178)
France 186.573     (+1.377)   30.254   (+16)       81.764     (+132)
Germany 207.828       (+902)     9.134    (+6)     191.992     (+441)

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

OVERALL SITUATION ON 31st of JULY 2020
CONFIRMED CASES DEATHS

 

 CURED*

 
17.296.303  (+290.320) 673.290   (+6.433) 10.330.958 (+198.379)

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

* Parenthesis data represent the number of new cases, between 30th-31st of July, 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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