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

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Until today, on September 20th, on the territory of Romania, 112,781 cases of people infected with the new coronavirus (COVID – 19) have been confirmed.

89,771 patients were declared cured.

Following the tests performed at national level, compared to the last report, 1,231 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 (total) Number of newly confirmed cases
1. Alba 1500 14
2. Arad 2407 34
3. Argeș 5375 7
4. Bacău 3819 20
5. Bihor 3243 27
6. Bistrița-Năsăud 1388 5
7. Botoșani 1511 1
8. Brașov 5502 83
9. Brăila 2194 21
10. Buzău 2641 17
11. Caraș-Severin 1125 9
12. Călărași 723 7
13. Cluj 2822 22
14. Constanța 2308 28
15. Covasna 1075 13
16. Dâmbovița 3706 28
17. Dolj 2481 78
18. Galați 3812 44
19. Giurgiu 985 8
20. Gorj 1825 7
21. Harghita 884 8
22. Hunedoara 2074 3
23. Ialomița 1161 20
24. Iași 4236 69
25. Ilfov 2904 19
26. Maramureș 1749 11
27. Mehedinți 1328 5
28. Mureș 1654 14
29. Neamț 2851 39
30. Olt 1707 11
31. Prahova 5308 47
32. Satu Mare 529 12
33. Sălaj 589 12
34. Sibiu 1952 21
35. Suceava 6169 32
36. Teleorman 949 5
37. Timiș 3454 57
38. Tulcea 746 15
39. Vaslui 2525 23
40. Vâlcea 1873 49
41. Vrancea 2601 13
42. Bucharest 14977 270
43. – 119 3
 TOTAL 112.781

 

 1.231

Apart from the newly confirmed cases, following the retesting of patients who were already positive, 359 people were reconfirmed positively. The distribution by county of these cases can be found in the table below:

No. Crt. County Positive results at retest
1 ALBA 8
2 ARAD 3
3 ARGEŞ 4
4 BACĂU 4
5 BIHOR 12
6 BISTRIŢA-NĂSĂUD 7
7 BOTOŞANI 2
8 BRĂILA 8
9 BRAŞOV 15
10 BUZĂU  –
11 CĂLĂRAŞI 4
12 CARAŞ-SEVERIN  –
13 CLUJ 1
14 CONSTANŢA 8
15 COVASNA 1
16 DÂMBOVIŢA 10
17 DOLJ 7
18 GALAŢI 3
19 GIURGIU 2
20 GORJ 4
21 HARGHITA 11
22 HUNEDOARA 9
23 IALOMIŢA –
24 IAŞI 39
25 MARAMUREŞ 3
26 MEHEDINŢI  –
27 MUREŞ 1
28 NEAMŢ 5
29 OLT 3
30 PRAHOVA 14
31 SĂLAJ 8
32 SATU MARE 3
33 SIBIU 33
34 SUCEAVA 11
35 TELEORMAN 13
36 TIMIŞ  –
37 TULCEA 7
38 VÂLCEA 4
39 VASLUI 19
40 VRANCEA 2
41 BUCHAREST 61
42 ILFOV 10
  TOTAL 359

Until today, 4,435 people diagnosed with COVID-19 infection have died.

Between 19.09.2020 (10:00) – 20.09.2020 (10:00) there were registered 33 deaths (20 men and 13 women), of some patients infected with the new coronavirus, hospitalized in Arad, Argeș, Bacău, Bihor, Botoșani, Călărași, Caraș-Severin, Constanța, Dolj, Galați, Gorj, Hunedoara, Iași, Maramureș, Mehedinți, Olt, Suceava, Timiș, Vrancea and Bucharest.

Among these, 2 death were recorded in the age category 50-59 years, 5 deaths in the age category 60-69 years, 14 deaths in the age category 70-79 years and 12 deaths in the over-80s category.

32 of the registered deaths are of some patients who presented comorbidities and for one registered death there were no comorbidities reported.

In the specialized health units, the total number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 is 7,120. Of these, 470 are hospitalized at Intensive care.

Until today, 2.223.462 tests have been processed at national level. Of these, 13.391 were performed in the last 24 hours, 7.937  based on the case definition and medical protocol and 5.454  on request.

In Romania, 12,160 people confirmed with the new coronavirus infection are in isolation at home, and 6,752 people are in institutional isolation. Also, 39,130 people are in quarantine at home, and in institutionalized quarantine there are 7 people.

In the last 24 hours, 802 calls were registered to the unique emergency number 112.

As a result of the violation of the provisions of Law no. 55 of 15.05.2020 on some measures to prevent and combat the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the police and gendarmes applied, in the last 24 hours, 949 sanctions for minor offenses, amounting to 285,355 lei.

Also, through the competent structures of the Police, 2 crimes were found yesterday for thwarting the fight against diseases, a deed 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 TELVERDE line (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, 6,312 Romanian citizens were confirmed as infected with COVID-19 (coronavirus): 1,917 in Italy, 1,253 in Spain, 124 in France, 2,935 in Germany, 159 in Great Britain , 28 in Netherlands, 2 in Namibia, 4 in USA, 112 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, 2 in Ukraine and one each in Argentina, Tunisia, Ireland, Luxembourg, the United Arab Emirates, Malta, Brazil, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Sweden, the Republic of the Congo, Hungary and Qatar. From the beginning of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) epidemic until now, 126 Romanian citizens abroad, 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, one in Brazil, one in the Republic of Congo and one in Greece, have died.

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.

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

As of 19 September 2020, 2.808.711  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 385.936   (+4.322)   41.732   (+27)         2.227       (+14)
Spain 640.040 (+14.389)   30.495   (+90)     150.376          –
Italy 294.932   (+1.907)   35.668   (+10)     217.716     (+909)
France 428.696 (+13.215)   31.249 (+154)       93.586     (+886)
Germany 270.070   (+2.297)     9.384    (+6)     241.125     (+1.471)

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

OVERALL SITUATION ON 19th of SEPTEMBER 2020
CONFIRMED CASES DEAD CURED*
30.540.446  (+325.950) 952.724   (+6.059) 21.032.539    (+253.365)

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

* the data in parentheses represent the number of new cases, between September 18th and 19th, 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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