PRESS RELEASE, Strategic Communication Group, December 17th, 2020, 1 p.m

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To date, on December 17th, in Romania, 577.446 cases of people infected with the new coronavirus (COVID – 19) have been confirmed.

477.139 patients were declared cured.

Following the tests performed at national level, compared to the last report, 5.697  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) No. of new confirmed cases Incidence recorded at 14 days
1. Alba 11515 85 3,05
2. Arad 13219 107 3,16
3. Argeș 17175 153 3,52
4. Bacău 15196 120 2,24
5. Bihor 16445 174 3,08
6. Bistrița-Năsăud 6777 55 2,39
7. Botoșani 7391 51 1,94
8. Brașov 23070 216 5,02
9. Brăila 7257 94 3,25
10. Buzău 7702 71 1,95
11. Caraș-Severin 5743 66 2,29
12. Călărași 5673 49 2,78
13. Cluj 26473 152 4,79
14. Constanța 23585 305 5,95
15. Covasna 4759 14 1,51
16. Dâmbovița 13600 112 2,63
17. Dolj 14131 188 1,87
18. Galați 13671 174 3,00
19. Giurgiu 5552 52 2,54
20. Gorj 4828 23 0,86
21. Harghita 5139 70 0,84
22. Hunedoara 10662 96 2,74
23. Ialomița 5997 77 3,05
24. Iași 24611 300 2,01
25. Ilfov 20831 340 6,45
26. Maramureș 9774 83 1,82
27. Mehedinți 4609 27 1,76
28. Mureș 14109 100 2,54
29. Neamț 10383 71 1,4
30. Olt 8668 107 1,16
31. Prahova 22443 185 2,85
32. Satu Mare 6576 50 2,23
33. Sălaj 5946 17 1,41
34. Sibiu 16087 109 3,02
35. Suceava 14610 92 1,51
36. Teleorman 6741 89 2,25
37. Timiș 23047 250 4,21
38. Tulcea 4809 57 3,09
39. Vaslui 9295 101 2,13
40. Vâlcea 9180 76 2,26
41. Vrancea 6555 28 1,05
42. Mun. București 89398 903 6,64
43. Cazuri noi nealocate pe județe 4214 208
 TOTAL 577.446 5.697

* Regarding the “new cases not allocated by counties”, we specify that their number is determined by the changes brought to the electronic platform through which the test results for the new coronavirus are reported and centralized. Thus, according to the new methodology, the testing centers directly introduce the results of the tests performed, and the epidemiological investigation will be performed at the level of the Public Health Directorates and the positive cases will be assigned to the county / locality to which the infected persons belong.

The coefficient of infections accumulated at 14 days, reported per 1,000 inhabitants is calculated by the Public Health Directorates, at the level of Bucharest Municipality and counties. Below you have the chart based on the reports received by CNCCI from the Public Health Directorates:

Aside from the newly confirmed cases, after retesting patients who were already positive, 1.035 people were reconfirmed positively. The distribution by county of these cases can be found in the table below.

 No. Crt. COUNTY Positive samples at retesting
1 ALBA 12
2 ARAD 26
3 ARGEŞ 27
4 BACĂU 20
5 BIHOR 21
6 BISTRIŢA-NĂSĂUD 10
7 BOTOŞANI 14
8 BRĂILA 6
9 BRAŞOV 21
10 BUZĂU 13
11 CĂLĂRAŞI 8
12 CARAŞ-SEVERIN 14
13 CLUJ 40
14 CONSTANŢA 31
15 COVASNA 5
16 DÂMBOVIŢA 28
17 DOLJ 19
18 GALAŢI 28
19 GIURGIU 23
20 GORJ 15
21 HARGHITA 5
22 HUNEDOARA 32
23 IALOMIŢA 4
24 IAŞI 39
25 ILFOV 65
26 MARAMUREŞ 11
27 MEHEDINŢI 11
28 MUNICIPIUL BUCUREŞTI 214
29 MUREŞ 14
30 NEAMŢ 15
31 OLT 20
32 PRAHOVA 40
33 SĂLAJ 2
34 SATU MARE 12
35 SIBIU 16
36 SUCEAVA 23
37 TELEORMAN 42
38 TIMIŞ 34
39 TULCEA 9
40 VÂLCEA 6
41 VASLUI 30
42 VRANCEA 10
TOTAL 1035

To date, 13.969 people diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2 infection have died.

Between 16.12.2020 (10:00) – 17.12.2020 (10:00) were reported 107 deaths (57 men and 50 women), of some patients infected with the new coronavirus, hospitalized in Alba, Arad, Argeș, Bacău,  Bistrița-Năsăud, Botoșani, Brăila, Brașov, Buzău, Călărași, Caraș-Severin, Cluj, Constanța, Dâmbovița, Dolj, Galați, Gorj, Hunedoara, Iași, Maramureș, Mureș, Olt, Prahova, Satu Mare, Sibiu, Suceava, Teleorman, Timiș, Tulcea, Vaslui, Ilfov and Bucharest.

Of these, 1 death was recorded in the age category 40-49 years, 15 deaths in the age category 50-59 years, 26 deaths in the age category 60-69 years, 37 deaths in the age category 70-79 years and 28 deaths in the age group over 80 years.

100 of the registered deaths were of some patients who presented comorbidities, 2 patients had no comorbidities and for 5 deceased patients there were no comorbidities reported so far.

In the specialized health units, the total number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 is 11.860. Of these, 1.297 are hospitalized at Intensive Care Units.

To date, 4.534.197 tests have been processed at the national level. Of these, 28.099 were performed in the last 24 hours, 18.117 based on the case definition and medical protocol and 9.982 upon request.

Also, since the last information made by GCS, the results of 182 tests processed before the last 24 hours and transmitted until December 17 th have been reported.

In Romania, 42.782 people confirmed with the new coronavirus infection are in isolation at home, and 11.296 people are in institutional isolation. Also, 66.638 people are in quarantine at home, and 123 people are in institutionalized quarantine.

In the last 24 hours, 3.927 calls were registered to the unique emergency number 112 and 1.066 to TELVERDE (0800 800 358).

As a result of the violation of the provisions of Law no. 55/2020 on some measures to prevent and combat the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the police and gendarmes applied, on December 16th , 5.801  sanctions for minor offenses, amounting to 1.066.790 lei.

Also, through the competent structures of the Police, 4 crimes ware found yesterday for thwarting 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 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, 7.034 Romanian citizens were confirmed as infected with SARS – CoV – 2 (coronavirus): 1.936 in Italy, 1,283 in Spain, 125 in France, 3,085 in Germany, 167 in the United Kingdom, 93 in Greece, 49 Denmark, 36 in Hungary, 28 in the Netherlands, 2 in Namibia, 4 in the USA, 4 in Sweden, 123 in Austria, 22 in Belgium, 6 in Japan, 2 in Indonesia, 11 in Switzerland, 3 in Turkey, 2 in Iceland, 2 in Belarus, 2 in Bulgaria, 10 in Cyprus, 2 in India, 2 in Ukraine, 8 in the United Arab Emirates, 12 in the Republic of Moldova, 2 in Montenegro, and one each in Argentina, Tunisia, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, Brazil, Kazakhstan, Republic of Congo , Qatar, Vatican, Portugal, Egypt and Russia. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) epidemic and until now, 127 Romanian citizens abroad, 32 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.

Of the Romanian citizens confirmed with the new coronavirus infection, 798 were declared cured: 677 in Germany, 90 in Greece, 18 in France, 6 in Japan, 2 in Indonesia, 2 in Namibia, one in Luxembourg, one in Tunisia and one in Argentina.

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 assigned to inform 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 the SARS – CoV – 2 virus at European and global level:

As of 17th of December 2020, 15.083.443 cases have been reported in the EU / EEA, the United Kingdom, Monaco, San Marino, Switzerland, Andorra. Most cases have been reported in France, Spain, the United Kingdom, Italy, and Germany.

Beginning with 15th of December, the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (CEPCB) has stopped publishing data on the number of confirmed cases and the number of deceased citizens, both in the EU / EEA, the United Kingdom, Monaco, San Marino, Switzerland, Andorra and globally. These reports will be updated weekly.

The data published by the Johns Hopkins CSSE, which covers the number of healed citizens, continues to be updated daily.

COUNTRY

 

 CONFIRMED

CASES

 DEAD

 

 CURED*

 
Franţa 2.376.852(+11.533)   57.911 (+150)     186.004     (+1.224)
Regatul Unit 1.849.403(+18.447)   64.170 (+144)         4.106          (+13)
Italia 1.843.712 (+17.937)   64.520 (+484)  1.175.901   (+34.495)
Spania 1.730.575         –   47.624          –     150.376         –
Germania 1.337.078 (+16.362)   21.975 (+188)  1.056.477   (+24.756)

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

OVERALL SITUATION ON 16th of DECEMBER 2020

 
CONFIRMED CASES DEAD

 

 CURED*

 
71.503.614  (+905.635) 1.612.833  (+7.238) 41.977.713  (+337.128) 

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

* data in parentheses represent the number of new cases, between 13th and 14th of December, 2020, excepting the data for cured people which are reported for 15th and 16th of December 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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