PRESS RELEASE, Strategic Communication Group, August 28th, 2020, 1 p.m.

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Until today, on August 28th, in Romania, 84.468 cases of people infected with COVID – 19 virus (coronavirus) have been confirmed.

37.056 were declared cured and discharged and 10.344 asymptomatic patients were discharged at 10 days after detection.

Following the tests performed at national level, compared to the last report, 1.318 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 1070 20
2. Arad 1756 35
3. Argeș 4962 27
4. Bacău 2633 76
5. Bihor 2229 44
6. Bistrița-Năsăud 1128 11
7. Botoșani 1312 5
8. Brașov 4459 67
9. Brăila 1599 55
10. Buzău 2177 23
11. Caraș-Severin 641 22
12. Călărași 516 6
13. Cluj 1965 21
14. Constanța 1619 42
15. Covasna 739 18
16. Dâmbovița 2972 30
17. Dolj 1596 25
18. Galați 3207 33
19. Giurgiu 679 32
20. Gorj 1514 22
21. Harghita 689 5
22. Hunedoara 1594 17
23. Ialomița 944 10
24. Iași 2779 89
25. Ilfov 2113 43
26. Maramureș 1090 9
27. Mehedinți 1111 9
28. Mureș 1369 35
29. Neamț 2062 13
30. Olt 1268 17
31. Prahova 4064 78
32. Satu Mare 276 5
33. Sălaj 360 16
34. Sibiu 1402 28
35. Suceava 5240 44
36. Teleorman 573 6
37. Timiș 2473 57
38. Tulcea 522 18
39. Vaslui 1695 -2*
40. Vâlcea 1110 30
41. Vrancea 2357 16
42. Mun. București 10521 159
43. – 83 2
 TOTAL 84.468

 

 1.318

*The number of cases related to Vaslui County has been rectified

Aside from the newly confirmed cases, following the retesting of patients who were already positive 645 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 4
2 ARAD 3
3 ARGEŞ 38
4 BACĂU 31
5 BIHOR 14
6 BISTRIŢA-NĂSĂUD 7
7 BOTOŞANI 7
8 BRĂILA 16
9 BRAŞOV 32
10 BUZĂU 6
11 CĂLĂRAŞI 1
12 CARAŞ-SEVERIN 1
13 CLUJ 19
14 CONSTANŢA 8
15 COVASNA 7
16 DÂMBOVIŢA 16
17 DOLJ 11
18 GALAŢI 16
19 GIURGIU 4
20 GORJ 27
21 HARGHITA 0
22 HUNEDOARA 8
23 IALOMIŢA 2
24 IAŞI 27
25 MARAMUREŞ 12
26 MEHEDINŢI 10
27 MUREŞ 7
28 NEAMŢ 17
29 OLT 8
30 PRAHOVA 23
31 SĂLAJ 15
32 SATU MARE 10
33 SIBIU 34
34 SUCEAVA 32
35 TELEORMAN 9
36 TIMIŞ 25
37 TULCEA 5
38 VÂLCEA 14
39 VASLUI 46
40 VRANCEA 3
41 BUCUREŞTI 62
42 ILFOV 8
  TOTAL 645

At the same time, so far, 3.507 people diagnosed with COVID-19 died.

Between 27.08.2020 (10:00) – 28.08.2020 (10:00)  were registered 48 deaths (23 men and 26 women), of some patients infected with the new coronavirus, hospitalized in Arad, Argeș, Brașov, Buzău, Călărași, Caraș-Severin, Constanța, Dâmbovița, Dolj, Iași, Maramureș, Mehedinți, Mureș, Neamț, Prahova, Sălaj, Satu Mare, Suceava, Timiș, Vrancea and  Bucharest.

Among these, 2 deaths were recorded in the age group 40 -49, 5 deaths were recorded in the age group 50-59 years, 13 deaths in the age category 60-69 years, 15 deaths in the age category 70-79 years and 13 deaths in the age category over 80 years.

In 47 cases death occurred in patients who had comorbidities. One patient had no comorbidities.

In the specialized health units, the total number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 is 7.325. Of these, 497 patients are hospitalized at intensive care units.

Until today, 1.756.920  tests have been processed at national level. Of these, 26.059 were performed in the last 24 hours, 14.319 based on the case definition and medical protocol, and 11.740 on request.

Also, since the last SGC Information, have been reported the results of 441 tests processed before the last 24 hours and submitted until 28th of August.

In Romania, 8.797 people confirmed with the new coronavirus are in isolation at home, and 5.713 people are in institutionalized isolation. Also, 30.877 people are quarantined at home, and 31 persons are in institutionalized quarantine.

In the last 24 hours, 946 calls were registered to the unique emergency number 112 and 514 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, 958 sanctions, amounting 235.850 lei.

Also, through the competent structures of the Police, one crime was found yesterday, regarding the  thwart the fight against diseases, 3 crimes 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, 6.589 Romanian citizens were confirmed as infected with COVID-19 (coronavirus): 1,898 in Italy, 1253 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, 3 in Turkey, 2 in Iceland, 2 in Belarus, 19 in Greece, 5 in Cyprus, 2 in India 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, 126 Romanian citizens abroad died: 31 in Italy, 19 in France, 43 in Great Britain, 11 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 27h of August 2020, 2 120 207 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 328.846     (+1.048)   41.465   (+16)         1.564     (+13)
Spania 419.849     (+7.296)   28.971   (+47)     150.376       –
Italia 262.540     (+1.366)   35.458   (+13)     206.554     (+225)
Franţa 253.587     (+5.429)   30.544      –       86.271     (+460)
Germania 237.936     (+1.507)     9.285   (+5)     212.909    (+1.218)

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

OVERALL SITUATION ON AUGUST 27th , 2020
CONFIRMED CASES DEATHS

 

 CURED*

 
24.204.686   (+276.147) 826.090   (+6.334) 15.937.019    (+199.516)  

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

* Parenthesis data represent the number of new cases, between 26th—27th 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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