PRESS RELEASE, Strategic Communication Group, February 18 th, 2021, 1 p.m

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To date, on February 18th , in Romania, 771.843 cases of people infected with the new coronavirus (COVID – 19) have been confirmed.

717.179 patients were declared cured.

Following the tests performed at national level, compared to the last report, 3.058 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 Incidence recorded at 14 days
1. Alba 14917 73 2,13
2. Arad 16595 65 1,17
3. Argeș 20759 23 0,53
4. Bacău 19641 76 1,01
5. Bihor 20779 41 0,77
6. Bistrița-Năsăud 8558 19 0,7
7. Botoșani 10562 55 1,15
8. Brașov 30762 155 2,36
9. Brăila 9604 29 0,57
10. Buzău 9320 18 0,57
11. Caraș-Severin 8091 15 0,89
12. Călărași 7455 14 0,68
13. Cluj 38265 175 2,43
14. Constanța 31235 64 1,3
15. Covasna 5795 12 0,68
16. Dâmbovița 17250 61 0,9
17. Dolj 18622 88 1,21
18. Galați 19767 51 0,86
19. Giurgiu 7562 15 0,68
20. Gorj 6395 36 1,33
21. Harghita 6052 9 0,52
22. Hunedoara 14866 104 1,67
23. Ialomița 8023 15 0,89
24. Iași 32744 141 0,7
25. Ilfov 30171 89 2,17
26. Maramureș 15733 125 2,99
27. Mehedinți 5845 14 0,69
28. Mureș 17533 52 0,98
29. Neamț 13532 57 1,02
30. Olt 11065 24 0,69
31. Prahova 26870 63 0,69
32. Satu Mare 9305 75 1,67
33. Sălaj 7669 46 1,45
34. Sibiu 19421 89 1,38
35. Suceava 20333 83 1,32
36. Teleorman 9566 34 1,21
37. Timiș 36223 289 3,86
38. Tulcea 6279 23 0,59
39. Vaslui 12634 45 0,89
40. Vâlcea 11493 41 0,83
41. Vrancea 8018 18 0,42
42. Bucharest 124926 524 2,19
43. new cases not allocated by counties 1608* 13  
 TOTAL 771.843 3.058  

 

*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 graph based on the reports received by CNCCI from the Public Health Directorates:

Aside from the newly confirmed cases, following the retesting of patients who were already positive, 627 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 16
2 ARAD 18
3 ARGEŞ 7
4 BACĂU 14
5 BIHOR 6
6 BISTRIŢA-NĂSĂUD 2
7 BOTOŞANI 15
8 BRĂILA 6
9 BRAŞOV 11
10 BUZĂU 4
11 CĂLĂRAŞI 1
12 CARAŞ-SEVERIN 3
13 CLUJ 31
14 CONSTANŢA 50
15 COVASNA 2
16 DÂMBOVIŢA 15
17 DOLJ 8
18 GALAŢI 10
19 GIURGIU 3
20 GORJ 12
21 HARGHITA 7
22 HUNEDOARA 25
23 IALOMIŢA 3
24 IAŞI 28
25 ILFOV 16
26 MARAMUREŞ 14
27 MEHEDINŢI 4
28 MUNICIPIUL BUCUREŞTI 77
29 MUREŞ 24
30 NEAMŢ 8
31 OLT 13
32 PRAHOVA 11
33 SĂLAJ 13
34 SATU MARE 26
35 SIBIU 17
36 SUCEAVA 29
37 TELEORMAN 18
38 TIMIŞ 37
39 TULCEA 6
40 VÂLCEA 8
41 VASLUI 4
42 VRANCEA 5
  Total 627

 

To date, 19.659 people diagnosed with SARS – CoV – 2 infection have died.

Between 17.02.2021 (10:00) – 18.02.2021 (10:00) were reported 71 deaths (43 men and  28 women), of some patients infected with the new coronavirus, hospitalized in Alba, Arad, Argeș, Bacău, Bihor, Bistrița-Năsăud, Botoșani, Brăila, Brașov, Caraș-Severin, Constanța, Covasna, Dâmbovița, Dolj, Gorj, Harghita, Hunedoara, Ialomița, Iași, Maramureș, Mehedinți, Neamț, Satu Mare, Sibiu, Teleorman, Timiș, Tulcea, Vaslui and Bucharest.

Of these, 1 death was recorded in the age category 40-49 years, 5 deaths in the age category 50-59 years, 27 deaths in the age category 60-69 years, 23 deaths in the age group 70-79 years and 15 deaths in the category over 80 years.

69 of the registered deaths were of some patients who presented comorbidities and 2 deceased patients did not presented comorbidities.

In the specialized health units, the total number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 is 6.913. Of these, 936 are hospitalized at Intensive Care Units.

To date, 5.804.671 RT-PCR tests and 230.652 rapid antigen tests have been processed nationwide. In the last 24 hours, 27.599 RT-PCR tests were performed (17.720 based on the case definition and medical protocol and 9.879 on request) and 7.997 rapid antigen tests.

On the Romanian territory, 40.235 people confirmed with the new coronavirus infection are in isolation at home, and 10.195 people are in institutionalized isolation. Also, 60.534 people are in quarantine at home, and in institutionalized quarantine there are 136 people.

In the last 24 hours, 2.381 calls were registered to the unique emergency number 112 and 625 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 February 17th , 5.228 sanctions for minor offenses, amounting to 1.029.115 lei.

Also, through the competent structures of the Police,4 criminal files where drawn up yesterday to thwart 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, 8.873 Romanian citizens were confirmed as infected with SARS – CoV – 2 (coronavirus): 2.405 in Italy, 2.315 in Spain, 195 in Great Britain, 125 in France, 3,116 in Germany, 93 in Greece, 49 in Denmark, 37 in Hungary, 28 in the Netherlands, 2 in Namibia, 4 in the USA, 7 in Sweden, 137 in Austria, 22 in Belgium, 6 in Japan, 2 in Indonesia, 43 in Switzerland , 3 in Turkey, 2 in Iceland, 2 in Belarus, 2 in Bulgaria, 12 in Cyprus, 2 in India, 2 in Ukraine, 8 in United Arab Emirates, 13 in Moldova, 3 in Montenegro, 218 in Ireland, 2 in Singapore and one each in Argentina, Tunisia, Luxembourg, Malta, Brazil, Kazakhstan, the Republic of Congo, Qatar, the Vatican, Portugal, Egypt, Pakistan, Iran, Slovenia, the Russian Federation and Croatia. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) epidemic and until now, 151 Romanian citizens abroad, 34 in Italy, 19 in France, 43 in Great Britain, 25 in Spain, 14 in Germany, 2 in Belgium, 3 in Sweden, 4 in Ireland, 2 in Switzerland, one in the USA, one in Brazil, one in the Republic of Congo, one in Greece and one in Iran, 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 Argentine.

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

Between 4 January and 11 February 2021, 20.475.376 cases were reported in the EU / EEA. Most cases have been reported in France, Italy, Spain and Germany.

As of 15 December, the 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 are updated weekly.

Data published by Johns Hopkins CSSE, targeting the number of healed citizens, continues to be updated daily.

 

COUNTRY

 

 CONFIRMED

CASES

 DEAD

 

 CURED*

 
United Kingdom 3.959.784(+142.608) 112.798 (+6.640)       11.099         (+77)
France 3.337.048(+139.934)  78.965  (+2.908)     251.947    (+1.500)
Spain 2.989.085(+166.280)  62.295  (+3.214)     150.376           –
Italy 2.636.738(+83.706)  91.273  (+2.757)  2.268.253   (+16.519)
Germany 2.288.545(+66.574)  61.675  (+4.555)  2.172.312   (+11.210)

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

 

OVERALL SITUATION ON 17th OF FEBRUARY 2021
CONFIRMED CASES DEAD CURED*
 106.433.703 (+2.985.493) 2.323.147  (+86.694) 61.893.878   (+292.802)  

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

** data in parentheses represent the number of new cases, between 4 and 11 February, 2021, except for those from the categories of healed citizens, which represent the number of cases reported between February 16th and 17th, 2021.

*** The CEPCB states that updates at 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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