PRESS RELEASE, Strategic Communication Group, August 13th, 2020, 1 p.m.

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Until today, on August 13th, 66.631 cases of people infected with COVID – 19 virus (coronavirus) have been confirmed in Romania.

31.547 were declared cured and 7.253 asymptomatic patients were discharged at 10 days after detection.

Following the tests performed at national level, compared to the last report, 1.454 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 851 12
2. Arad 1378 25
3. Argeș 4312 80
4. Bacău 1935 37
5. Bihor 1505 66
6. Bistrița-Năsăud 994 11
7. Botoșani 1221 8
8. Brașov 3810 58
9. Brăila 1171 22
10. Buzău 1687 48
11. Caraș-Severin 457 9
12. Călărași 379 7
13. Cluj 1551 30
14. Constanța 1255 37
15. Covasna 577 22
16. Dâmbovița 2475 31
17. Dolj 1093 65
18. Galați 2709 47
19. Giurgiu 501 12
20. Gorj 1206 22
21. Harghita 618 1
22. Hunedoara 1269 20
23. Ialomița 856 18
24. Iași 1894 42
25. Ilfov 1624 70
26. Maramureș 718 31
27. Mehedinți 945 17
28. Mureș 1134 23
29. Neamț 1644 40
30. Olt 980 29
31. Prahova 2896 88
32. Satu Mare 143 6
33. Sălaj 244 6
34. Sibiu 1142 19
35. Suceava 4842 37
36. Teleorman 440 7
37. Timiș 1800 80
38. Tulcea 342 9
39. Vaslui 1170 48
40. Vâlcea 714 20
41. Vrancea 2141 21
42. Mun. București 7951 172
43. – 57 1
 TOTAL 66631

 

 1454

Aside from the newly confirmed cases, following the retesting of patients who were already positive, 571 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 1
2 ARAD 15
3 ARGEŞ 56
4 BACĂU 17
5 BIHOR 26
6 BISTRIŢA-NĂSĂUD 2
7 BOTOŞANI 5
8 BRĂILA 7
9 BRAŞOV 22
10 BUZĂU 11
11 CĂLĂRAŞI 4
12 CARAŞ-SEVERIN 0
13 CLUJ 21
14 CONSTANŢA 4
15 COVASNA 2
16 DÂMBOVIŢA 19
17 DOLJ 12
18 GALAŢI 16
19 GIURGIU 3
20 GORJ 36
21 HARGHITA 10
22 HUNEDOARA 4
23 IALOMIŢA 4
24 IAŞI 29
25 MARAMUREŞ 3
26 MEHEDINŢI 8
27 MUREŞ 4
28 NEAMŢ 20
29 OLT 4
30 PRAHOVA 22
31 SĂLAJ 11
32 SATU MARE 7
33 SIBIU 20
34 SUCEAVA 4
35 TELEORMAN 7
36 TIMIŞ 8
37 TULCEA 2
38 VÂLCEA 42
39 VASLUI 13
40 VRANCEA 4
41 MUNICIPIUL BUCUREŞTI 60
42 ILFOV 6
  TOTAL 571

 At the same time, so far, 2.860 people diagnosed with COVID-19 died.

Between 12.08.2020 (10:00) – 13.08.2020 (10:00) were registered 53 deaths (32 men and 21 women), of some patients infected with the new coronavirus, hospitalized in Alba, Arad, Argeș, Bacău, Bihor, Botoșani, Brăila, Buzău, Caraș – Severin, Constanța, Dâmbovița, Dolj, Galați, Iași, Maramureș, Mehedinți, Neamț, Olt, Prahova, Sibiu, Suceava, Timiș, Tulcea, Vâlcea, Vaslui, Vrancea and Bucharest.

Among these, 1 death was recorded in the age group 30 – 39 years, 1 death was recorded in the age group 40 – 49 years, 3 deaths were recorded in the age group 50-59 years, 13 deaths in the age category 60-69 years, 24 deaths in the age category 70-79 years and 11 deaths in the age category over 80 years.

In 49 cases, death occurred in patients who had comorbidities. 4 patients did not have comorbidities.

In the specialized health units, the total number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 is 7.437. Of these, 478 patients are hospitalized at intensive care units.

Until today, 1.450.269 tests have been processed at national level. Of these, 22.649 were performed in the last 24 hours, 13.999  based on the case definition and medical protocol, and 8.650  on request.

In Romania, 7.935 people confirmed with the new coronavirus are in isolation at home, and 5.421 people are in institutionalized isolation. Also, 20.775 people are quarantined at home, and 101 persons are in institutionalized quarantine.

In the last 24 hours, 1.003 calls were registered to the unique emergency number 112 and 564 at TELVERDE 0800 800 358, a telephone line strictly assigned to inform.

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, 1.045 sanctions, amounting to 253.690 lei.

Also, through the competent structures of the Police, one crime was found yesterday, regarding the thwart the fight against diseases, 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, 5.630 Romanian citizens were confirmed as infected with COVID-19 (coronavirus): 1.891 in Italy, 570 in Spain, 124 in France, 2.672 in Germany, 157 in Great Britain, 28 in the Netherlands, 2 in Namibia, 4 in the USA, 111 in Austria, 19 in Belgium, 6 in Japan, 2 in Indonesia, 2 in Switzerland, 2 in Turkey, 2 in Iceland, 2 in Belarus, 19 in Greece, 2 in Cyprus and one each in Argentina, Tunisia , Ireland, Luxembourg, the United Arab Emirates, Malta, Brazil, India, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Sweden, Congo Republic, Hungary and Qatar. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) epidemic and until now, 123 Romanian citizens abroad died: 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.

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.

Until August12th  2020, 1.853.444 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 312.789   (+1.148)   46.526      –         1.472        (+8)
Spain 326.612   (+3.632)   28.581    (+5)     150.376         –
Italy 251.237      (+412)   35.215    (+6)     202.697     (+236)
France 204.172   (+1.397)   30.354  (+14)       83.609     (+638)
Germany 218.519   (+1.226)     9.207    (+6)     198.991     (+159)

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

OVERALL SITUATION ON AUGUST 12th  2020
CONFIRMED CASES DEATHS

 

 CURED*

 
20.330.351 (+254.751) 742.413  (+6.041) 12.828.195   (+236.741)

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

* Parenthesis data represent the number of new cases, between 11th-12th 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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