PRESS RELEASE, Strategic Communication Group, August 19th, 2020, 1 p.m.

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Until today, on August 19th, in Romania, 73.617 cases of people infected with COVID – 19 virus (coronavirus) have been confirmed.

33.566 were declared cured and discharged and 8.551 asymptomatic patients were discharged at 10 days after detection.

Following the tests performed at national level, compared to the last report, 1.409 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 945 14
2. Arad 1511 32
3. Argeș 4663 64
4. Bacău 2134 37
5. Bihor 1799 54
6. Bistrița-Năsăud 1048 15
7. Botoșani 1250 5
8. Brașov 4029 26
9. Brăila 1330 35
10. Buzău 1900 30
11. Caraș-Severin 517 18
12. Călărași 421 9
13. Cluj 1705 29
14. Constanța 1374 20
15. Covasna 633 16
16. Dâmbovița 2685 29
17. Dolj 1371 91
18. Galați 2920 22
19. Giurgiu 565 16
20. Gorj 1341 39
21. Harghita 642 5
22. Hunedoara 1424 32
23. Ialomița 888 2
24. Iași 2180 70
25. Ilfov 1833 24
26. Maramureș 878 37
27. Mehedinți 1010 14
28. Mureș 1221 19
29. Neamț 1834 42
30. Olt 1101 16
31. Prahova 3345 52
32. Satu Mare 203 30
33. Sălaj 285 9
34. Sibiu 1230 7
35. Suceava 4996 30
36. Teleorman 483 12
37. Timiș 2034 57
38. Tulcea 394 12
39. Vaslui 1398 68
40. Vâlcea 899 20
41. Vrancea 2227 20
42. Mun. București 8906 228
43. – 65 2
 TOTAL 73617

 

 1409

Aside from the newly confirmed cases, following the retesting of patients who were already positive, 624 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 2
2 ARAD 25
3 ARGEŞ 39
4 BACĂU 10
5 BIHOR 24
6 BISTRIŢA-NĂSĂUD 1
7 BOTOŞANI 5
8 BRĂILA 21
9 BRAŞOV 15
10 BUZĂU 10
11 CĂLĂRAŞI 5
12 CARAŞ-SEVERIN 1
13 CLUJ 24
14 CONSTANŢA 13
15 COVASNA 2
16 DÂMBOVIŢA 18
17 DOLJ 4
18 GALAŢI 13
19 GIURGIU 6
20 GORJ 24
21 HARGHITA 3
22 HUNEDOARA 12
23 IALOMIŢA 2
24 IAŞI 34
25 MARAMUREŞ 11
26 MEHEDINŢI 7
27 MUREŞ 3
28 NEAMŢ 23
29 OLT 9
30 PRAHOVA 55
31 SĂLAJ 2
32 SATU MARE 3
33 SIBIU 0
34 SUCEAVA 14
35 TELEORMAN 1
36 TIMIŞ 22
37 TULCEA 0
38 VÂLCEA 9
39 VASLUI 61
40 VRANCEA 1
41 MUNICIPIUL BUCUREŞTI 73
42 ILFOV 17
  TOTAL 624

At the same time, so far, 3.106 people diagnosed with COVID-19 died.

Between 18.08.2020 (10:00) – 19.08.2020 (10:00) were registered 32 deaths (19 men and 13 women), of some patients infected with the new coronavirus, hospitalized in Arad, Bacău, Bihor, Brăila, Brașov, Caraș-Severin, Cluj, Constanța, Dâmbovița, Galați, Hunedoara, Iași, Mureș, Prahova, Timiș, Ilfov și and  Bucharest.

Among these, 2 deaths were recorded in the age group 40-49 years, 6 deaths were recorded in the age group 50-59 years, 11 deaths in the age category 60-69 years, 7 deaths in the age category 70-79 years and 6 deaths in the age category over 80 years.

In 30 cases death occurred in patients who had comorbidities. 2 patients had no comorbidities.

In the specialized health units, the total number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 is 7.067. Of these, 480 patients are hospitalized at intensive care units.

Until today, 1.566.632 tests have been processed at national level. Of these, 24.307 were performed in the last 24 hours, 14.542 based on the case definition and medical protocol, and 9.765 on request.

Also, since the last SGC Information, have been reported the results of 231 tests processed before the last 24 hours and submitted until August 19th.

In Romania, 9.865 people confirmed with the new coronavirus are in isolation at home, and 5.603 people are in institutionalized isolation. Also, 27.776 people are quarantined at home, and 9 persons are in institutionalized quarantine.

In the last 24 hours, 1.056 calls were registered to the unique emergency number 112 and 807 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, 1.026  sanctions, amounting 191.752 lei.

Also, through the competent structures of the Police, 4 crimes were found yesterday, regarding the  thwart 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 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, 5.919 Romanian citizens were confirmed as infected with COVID-19 (coronavirus): 1,898 in Italy, 588 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, 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, 124 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, 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 18h of August 2020, 1.946.748 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 319.197       (+713)   41.369     (+3)         1.493         (+3)
Spania 359.082  (+16.269)   28.646   (+29)     150.376         –
Italia 254.235       (+320)   35.400     (+4)     204.142     (+174)
Franţa 219.029       (+493)   30.429   (+19)       84.214         –
Germania 224.014              –     9.232         –     204.130  (+1.881)

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

OVERALL SITUATION ON AUGUST 18th , 2020
CONFIRMED CASES DEATHS

 

 CURED*

 
21.896.155 (+206.323) 774.539   (+4.266) 14.120.553  (+230.739)   

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

* Parenthesis data represent the number of new cases, between 17th—18th 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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