PRESS RELEASE, Strategic Communication Group, August 14th, 2020, 1 p.m.

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Until today, on August 14th, 68.046  cases of people infected with COVID – 19 virus (coronavirus) have been confirmed in Romania.

31.920 were declared cured and 7.253 asymptomatic patients were discharged at 10 days after detection.

Following the tests performed at national level, compared to the last report, 1.415 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 868 17
2. Arad 1400 22
3. Argeș 4380 68
4. Bacău 1990 55
5. Bihor 1561 56
6. Bistrița-Năsăud 1003 9
7. Botoșani 1227 6
8. Brașov 3848 38
9. Brăila 1197 26
10. Buzău 1717 30
11. Caraș-Severin 476 19
12. Călărași 381 2
13. Cluj 1586 35
14. Constanța 1277 22
15. Covasna 598 21
16. Dâmbovița 2534 59
17. Dolj 1142 49
18. Galați 2751 42
19. Giurgiu 511 10
20. Gorj 1235 29
21. Harghita 626 8
22. Hunedoara 1314 45
23. Ialomița 871 15
24. Iași 1941 47
25. Ilfov 1660 36
26. Maramureș 773 55
27. Mehedinți 957 12
28. Mureș 1162 28
29. Neamț 1692 48
30. Olt 1015 35
31. Prahova 2974 78
32. Satu Mare 150 7
33. Sălaj 250 6
34. Sibiu 1163 21
35. Suceava 4862 20
36. Teleorman 447 7
37. Timiș 1854 54
38. Tulcea 350 8
39. Vaslui 1234 64
40. Vâlcea 736 22
41. Vrancea 2152 11
42. Mun. București 8123 172
43. – 58 1
 TOTAL 68046

 

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Aside from the newly confirmed cases, following the retesting of patients who were already positive, 611 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 3
2 ARAD 9
3 ARGEŞ 48
4 BACĂU 15
5 BIHOR 26
6 BISTRIŢA-NĂSĂUD 2
7 BOTOŞANI 6
8 BRĂILA 15
9 BRAŞOV 36
10 BUZĂU 2
11 CĂLĂRAŞI 0
12 CARAŞ-SEVERIN 0
13 CLUJ 15
14 CONSTANŢA 16
15 COVASNA 2
16 DÂMBOVIŢA 24
17 DOLJ 28
18 GALAŢI 8
19 GIURGIU 4
20 GORJ 21
21 HARGHITA 11
22 HUNEDOARA 6
23 IALOMIŢA 1
24 IAŞI 38
25 MARAMUREŞ 3
26 MEHEDINŢI 8
27 MUREŞ 8
28 NEAMŢ 21
29 OLT 8
30 PRAHOVA 26
31 SĂLAJ 1
32 SATU MARE 4
33 SIBIU 24
34 SUCEAVA 18
35 TELEORMAN 2
36 TIMIŞ 22
37 TULCEA 2
38 VÂLCEA 11
39 VASLUI 16
40 VRANCEA 8
41 MUNICIPIUL BUCUREŞTI 80
42 ILFOV 13
TOTAL 611

At the same time, so far, 2.904 people diagnosed with COVID-19 died.

Between 13.08.2020 (10:00) – 14.08.2020 (10:00) were registered 44 deaths (29 men and 15 women), of some patients infected with the new coronavirus, hospitalized in Argeș, Bacău, Botoșani, Brașov, Caraș – Severin, Cluj, Dâmbovița, Dolj, Giurgiu, Gorj, Harghita, Ialomița, Iași, Maramureș, Mehedinți, Mureș, Neamț, Olt, Prahova, Timiș, Vaslui, Vrancea and Bucharest

Among these, 1 death was recorded in the age group 30 – 39 years, 5 death was recorded in the age group 40 – 49 years, 4 deaths were recorded in the age group 50-59 years, 13 deaths in the age category 60-69 years, 13 deaths in the age category 70-79 years and 8 deaths in the age category over 80 years.

In 43 cases, death occurred in patients who had comorbidities. 1 patient did not have comorbidities.

In the specialized health units, the total number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 is 7.431. Of these, 473 patients are hospitalized at intensive care units.

Until today, 1.478.056  tests have been processed at national level. Of these, 22.914 were performed in the last 24 hours, 13.439  based on the case definition and medical protocol, and 9.475  on request. Also, since the last SGC Information, have been reported the results of 4.873  tests processed before the last 24 hours and submitted until August 14th.

In Romania, 8.799 people confirmed with the new coronavirus are in isolation at home, and 5.179 people are in institutionalized isolation. Also, 24.859 people are quarantined at home, and 77 persons are in institutionalized quarantine.

In the last 24 hours, 1.093 calls were registered to the unique emergency number 112 and 636 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, 1.059 sanctions, amounting to 336.975 lei.

Also, through the competent structures of the Police, 5 crimes were found yesterday, regarding the thwart the fight against diseases, 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, 5.630 Romanian citizens were confirmed as infected with COVID-19 (coronavirus): 1.891 in Italy, 570 in Spain, 124 in France, 2.672 in Germany, 157 in Great Britain, 28 in the Netherlands, 2 in Namibia, 4 in the USA, 111 in Austria, 19 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, 123 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 and one in Congo Republic.

Among the Romanian citizens confirmed with the new coronavirus, 189 were declared cured: 159 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 August 14th  2020, 1.867.717 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 313.798   (+1.009)   46.706  (+180)         1.479        (+7)
Spain 329.784   (+3.172)   28.579       –     150.376         –
Italy 251.713      (+476)   35.225    (+10)     202.923     (+226)
France 206.696   (+2.524)   30.371    (+17)       83.612         (+3)
Germany 219.964   (+1.445)     9.211      (+4)     199.654     (+663)

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

OVERALL SITUATION ON AUGUST 13th  2020
CONFIRMED CASES DEATHS

 

 CURED*

 
20.614.014 (+283.663) 749.444  (+7.031) 12.995.523   (+167.328)

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

* Parenthesis data represent the number of new cases, between 12th-13th 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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