PRESS RELEASE, Strategic Communication Group, August 20th, 2020, 1 p.m.

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Until today, on August 20th, in Romania, 74.963 cases of people infected with COVID – 19 virus (coronavirus) have been confirmed.

34.196 were declared cured and discharged and 8.820 asymptomatic patients were discharged at 10 days after detection.

Following the tests performed at national level, compared to the last report, 1.346 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 958 13
2. Arad 1536 25
3. Argeș 4721 58
4. Bacău 2170 36
5. Bihor 1884 85
6. Bistrița-Năsăud 1059 11
7. Botoșani 1257 7
8. Brașov 4099 70
9. Brăila 1355 25
10. Buzău 1964 64
11. Caraș-Severin 538 21
12. Călărași 442 21
13. Cluj 1741 36
14. Constanța 1396 22
15. Covasna 642 9
16. Dâmbovița 2715 30
17. Dolj 1394 23
18. Galați 2955 35
19. Giurgiu 582 17
20. Gorj 1366 25
21. Harghita 649 7
22. Hunedoara 1433 9
23. Ialomița 900 12
24. Iași 2218 38
25. Ilfov 1869 36
26. Maramureș 915 37
27. Mehedinți 1022 12
28. Mureș 1237 16
29. Neamț 1857 23
30. Olt 1122 21
31. Prahova 3453 108
32. Satu Mare 216 13
33. Sălaj 296 11
34. Sibiu 1248 18
35. Suceava 5024 28
36. Teleorman 496 13
37. Timiș 2081 47
38. Tulcea 403 9
39. Vaslui 1453 55
40. Vâlcea 924 25
41. Vrancea 2229 2
42. Mun. București 9079 173
43. – 65 –
 TOTAL 74963

 

 1346

Aside from the newly confirmed cases, following the retesting of patients who were already positive, 913 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 14
3 ARGEŞ 84
4 BACĂU 18
5 BIHOR 14
6 BISTRIŢA-NĂSĂUD 0
7 BOTOŞANI 7
8 BRĂILA 28
9 BRAŞOV 36
10 BUZĂU 47
11 CĂLĂRAŞI 12
12 CARAŞ-SEVERIN 1
13 CLUJ 13
14 CONSTANŢA 21
15 COVASNA 4
16 DÂMBOVIŢA 24
17 DOLJ 13
18 GALAŢI 5
19 GIURGIU 6
20 GORJ 16
21 HARGHITA 7
22 HUNEDOARA 11
23 IALOMIŢA 1
24 IAŞI 45
25 MARAMUREŞ 23
26 MEHEDINŢI 9
27 MUREŞ 19
28 NEAMŢ 34
29 OLT 11
30 PRAHOVA 59
31 SĂLAJ 4
32 SATU MARE 3
33 SIBIU 18
34 SUCEAVA 11
35 TELEORMAN 4
36 TIMIŞ 33
37 TULCEA 2
38 VÂLCEA 7
39 VASLUI 56
40 VRANCEA 12
41 MUNICIPIUL BUCUREŞTI 153
42 ILFOV 26
  TOTAL 913

At the same time, so far, 3.154 people diagnosed with COVID-19 died.

Between 19.08.2020 (10:00) – 20.08.2020 (10:00) were registered 32 deaths (19 men and 13 women), of some patients infected with the new coronavirus, hospitalized in Argeș, Bacău, Bihor, Botoșani, Brăila, Brașov, Buzău, Caraș – Severin, Cluj, Dâmbovița, Dolj, Galați, Gorj, Maramureș, Mehedinți, Mureș, Neamț, Olt, Prahova, Sălaj, Suceava, Tulcea, Vaslui and  Bucharest.

Among these, 4 deaths were recorded in the age group 40-49 years, 7 deaths were recorded in the age group 50-59 years, 15 deaths in the age category 60-69 years, 11 deaths in the age category 70-79 years and 11 deaths in the age category over 80 years.

In 46 cases death occurred in patients who had comorbidities. Two patients had no comorbidities.

In the specialized health units, the total number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 is 7.198. Of these, 489 patients are hospitalized at intensive care units.

Until today, 1.591.015 tests have been processed at national level. Of these, 24.323 were performed in the last 24 hours, 13.762 based on the case definition and medical protocol, and 10.561 on request.

Also, since the last SGC Information, have been reported the results of 60 tests processed before the last 24 hours and submitted until August 20th.

In Romania, 10.277 people confirmed with the new coronavirus are in isolation at home, and 5.605 people are in institutionalized isolation. Also, 29.058 people are quarantined at home, and 9 persons are in institutionalized quarantine.

In the last 24 hours, 1.015 calls were registered to the unique emergency number 112 and 641 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, 913  sanctions, amounting 203.980 lei.

Also, through the competent structures of the Police, 8 crimes were found yesterday, regarding the  thwart the fight against diseases, 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, 5.919 Romanian citizens were confirmed as infected with COVID-19 (coronavirus): 1,898 in Italy, 588 in Spain, 124 in France, 2.935 in Germany, 157 in Great Britain, 28 in the Netherlands, 2 in Namibia, 4 in the USA, 111 in Austria, 20 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, 124 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, one in Congo Republic and one in Greece.

Among the Romanian citizens confirmed with the new coronavirus, 338 were declared cured: 308 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 19h of August 2020, 1.962.958 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  

DEATHS

 

  

CURED*

 
Regatul Unit 320.286    (+1.089)   41.381   (+12)         1.495         (+2)
Spania 364.196    (+5.114)   28.670   (+24)     150.376         – 
Italia 254.636       (+401)   35.405     (+5)     204.506     (+364)
Franţa 221.267    (+2.238)   30.451   (+22)       84.214         –
Germania 226.914    (+2.900)                9.243   (+11)     204.454     (+324)

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

OVERALL SITUATION ON AUGUST 19th , 2020
CONFIRMED CASES DEATHS

 

 CURED*

 
22.151.281 (+255.126) 781.123  (+6.584) 14.335.360  (+214.807)   

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

* Parenthesis data represent the number of new cases, between 18th—19th 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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