PRESS RELEASE, Strategic Communication Group, August 4th, 2020, 1 p.m.

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Until today, on August 4th, in Romania, 55.241  cases of people infected with COVID – 19 virus (coronavirus) have been confirmed.

28.006 were declared cured and discharged and 5.136 asymptomatic patients were discharged at 10 days after detection.

Following the tests performed at national level, compared to the last report, 1.232  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(totally) Number of newlly confirmed cases
1. Alba 766 8
2. Arad 1142 23
3. Argeș 3607 95
4. Bacău 1566 63
5. Bihor 1047 11
6. Bistrița-Năsăud 904 15
7. Botoșani 1187 5
8. Brașov 3322 95
9. Brăila 943 33
10. Buzău 1391 15
11. Caraș-Severin 315 25
12. Călărași 320 9
13. Cluj 1294 27
14. Constanța 1024 34
15. Covasna 469 18
16. Dâmbovița 2043 51
17. Dolj 829 20
18. Galați 2289 40
19. Giurgiu 434 9
20. Gorj 909 39
21. Harghita 560 15
22. Hunedoara 1024 22
23. Ialomița 768 20
24. Iași 1584 22
25. Ilfov 1367 28
26. Maramureș 502 11
27. Mehedinți 811 24
28. Mureș 1014 10
29. Neamț 1393 34
30. Olt 800 13
31. Prahova 2195 61
32. Satu Mare 112 2
33. Sălaj 195 6
34. Sibiu 955 11
35. Suceava 4599 15
36. Teleorman 380 11
37. Timiș 1374 43
38. Tulcea 302 1
39. Vaslui 727 27
40. Vâlcea 533 21
41. Vrancea 1827 42
42. Bucharest 6366 158
43. – 52 –
 TOTAL 55241

 

 1232

Aside from the newly confirmed cases, following the retesting of patients who were already positive, 712 people were reconfirmed positively. The distribution by county of these cases can be found in the table below:

No. crt. County Number of confirmed cases(totally) Number of newlly confirmed cases
1. Alba 766 8
2. Arad 1142 23
3. Argeș 3607 95
4. Bacău 1566 63
5. Bihor 1047 11
6. Bistrița-Năsăud 904 15
7. Botoșani 1187 5
8. Brașov 3322 95
9. Brăila 943 33
10. Buzău 1391 15
11. Caraș-Severin 315 25
12. Călărași 320 9
13. Cluj 1294 27
14. Constanța 1024 34
15. Covasna 469 18
16. Dâmbovița 2043 51
17. Dolj 829 20
18. Galați 2289 40
19. Giurgiu 434 9
20. Gorj 909 39
21. Harghita 560 15
22. Hunedoara 1024 22
23. Ialomița 768 20
24. Iași 1584 22
25. Ilfov 1367 28
26. Maramureș 502 11
27. Mehedinți 811 24
28. Mureș 1014 10
29. Neamț 1393 34
30. Olt 800 13
31. Prahova 2195 61
32. Satu Mare 112 2
33. Sălaj 195 6
34. Sibiu 955 11
35. Suceava 4599 15
36. Teleorman 380 11
37. Timiș 1374 43
38. Tulcea 302 1
39. Vaslui 727 27
40. Vâlcea 533 21
41. Vrancea 1827 42
42. Bucharest 6366 158
43. – 52 –
 TOTAL 55241

 

 1232

At the same time, so far, 2480 people diagnosed with COVID-19 died.

Between 3.08.2020 (10:00) – 4.08.2020 (10:00) were registered 48 deaths (31 men and 17 women), of some patients infected with the new coronavirus, hospitalized in Arad, Argeș, Bacău, Bihor, Bistrița-Năsăud, Brăila, Brașov, Caraș-Severin, Dâmbovița, Galați, Harghita, Hunedoara, Maramureș, Mehedinți, Olt, Prahova, Sibiu, Suceava, Vrancea, Ilfov și Municipiul București.

Among these,  1 deaths were recorded in the age group 30-39, 2 deaths in the age category 40-49, in the age category 4 deaths in the age category 50-59 years, 17 deaths in the age category 60-69 years, 12 deaths in the age category 70-79 years and 12 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 7.771. Of these, 436 patients are hospitalized at intensive care units.

Until today, 1.268.899 tests have been processed at national level. Of these, 20.581 were performed in the last 24 hours, 13.033 based on the case definition and medical protocol, and 7.548 on request.

In Romania,  5.322 people confirmed with the new coronavirus are in isolation at home, and 4.561 people are in institutionalized isolation. Also, 18.863 people are quarantined at home, and 177 persons are in institutionalized quarantine.

In the last 24 hours, 973 calls were registered to the unique emergency number and 1.268 to TELVERDE (0800 800 358).

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, 1.303 of contravention sanctions, amounting to 254.200 lei.

Also, through the competent structures of the Police, 2 crimes was 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, 5.571 Romanian citizens were confirmed as infected with COVID-19 (coronavirus): 1,891 in Italy, 570 in Spain, 124 in France, 2.632 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, 18 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 3rd of August 2020, 1 738 097 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 304.695       (+743)   46.201     (+8)         1.445      (+1)
Spain 288.522          –   28.445        –     150.376         –
Italy 248.070       (+238)   35.154     (+8)     200.589     (+129)
France 187.919          –   30.265         –       81.764         –
Germany 210.402       (+509)     9.148    (+7)     193.594     (+686)

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

OVERALL SITUATION ON 3rd of AUGUST 2020
  CONFIRMED CASES DEATHS

 

 CURED*

 

  
  18.056.310  (+214.641) 689.219   (+3.938) 10.916.907 (+226.548)     

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

* Parenthesis data represent the number of new cases, between 2nd– 3rd of August, 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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