Until today, on August 21st, in Romania, 76.355 cases of people infected with COVID – 19 virus (coronavirus) have been confirmed.
34.523 were declared cured and discharged and 8.991 asymptomatic patients were discharged at 10 days after detection.
Following the tests performed at national level, compared to the last report, 1.392 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 | 979 | 21 |
| 2. | Arad | 1559 | 23 |
| 3. | Argeș | 4759 | 38 |
| 4. | Bacău | 2249 | 79 |
| 5. | Bihor | 1951 | 67 |
| 6. | Bistrița-Năsăud | 1071 | 12 |
| 7. | Botoșani | 1261 | 4 |
| 8. | Brașov | 4144 | 45 |
| 9. | Brăila | 1371 | 16 |
| 10. | Buzău | 2011 | 47 |
| 11. | Caraș-Severin | 551 | 13 |
| 12. | Călărași | 443 | 1 |
| 13. | Cluj | 1784 | 43 |
| 14. | Constanța | 1431 | 35 |
| 15. | Covasna | 668 | 26 |
| 16. | Dâmbovița | 2749 | 34 |
| 17. | Dolj | 1431 | 37 |
| 18. | Galați | 2994 | 39 |
| 19. | Giurgiu | 584 | 2 |
| 20. | Gorj | 1383 | 17 |
| 21. | Harghita | 652 | 3 |
| 22. | Hunedoara | 1451 | 18 |
| 23. | Ialomița | 909 | 9 |
| 24. | Iași | 2274 | 56 |
| 25. | Ilfov | 1887 | 18 |
| 26. | Maramureș | 947 | 32 |
| 27. | Mehedinți | 1034 | 12 |
| 28. | Mureș | 1253 | 16 |
| 29. | Neamț | 1909 | 52 |
| 30. | Olt | 1150 | 28 |
| 31. | Prahova | 3565 | 112 |
| 32. | Satu Mare | 225 | 9 |
| 33. | Sălaj | 305 | 9 |
| 34. | Sibiu | 1270 | 22 |
| 35. | Suceava | 5043 | 19 |
| 36. | Teleorman | 508 | 12 |
| 37. | Timiș | 2119 | 38 |
| 38. | Tulcea | 425 | 22 |
| 39. | Vaslui | 1480 | 27 |
| 40. | Vâlcea | 956 | 32 |
| 41. | Vrancea | 2262 | 33 |
| 42. | Mun. București | 9293 | 214 |
| 43. | – | 65 | – |
| TOTAL | 76355
|
1392 | |
Aside from the newly confirmed cases, following the retesting of patients who were already positive, 766 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 | 19 |
| 3 | ARGEŞ | 37 |
| 4 | BACĂU | 8 |
| 5 | BIHOR | 12 |
| 6 | BISTRIŢA-NĂSĂUD | 8 |
| 7 | BOTOŞANI | 4 |
| 8 | BRĂILA | 14 |
| 9 | BRAŞOV | 15 |
| 10 | BUZĂU | 55 |
| 11 | CĂLĂRAŞI | 0 |
| 12 | CARAŞ-SEVERIN | 3 |
| 13 | CLUJ | 21 |
| 14 | CONSTANŢA | 11 |
| 15 | COVASNA | 4 |
| 16 | DÂMBOVIŢA | 6 |
| 17 | DOLJ | 11 |
| 18 | GALAŢI | 12 |
| 19 | GIURGIU | 3 |
| 20 | GORJ | 9 |
| 21 | HARGHITA | 5 |
| 22 | HUNEDOARA | 6 |
| 23 | IALOMIŢA | 0 |
| 24 | IAŞI | 75 |
| 25 | MARAMUREŞ | 9 |
| 26 | MEHEDINŢI | 18 |
| 27 | MUREŞ | 15 |
| 28 | NEAMŢ | 27 |
| 29 | OLT | 8 |
| 30 | PRAHOVA | 32 |
| 31 | SĂLAJ | 4 |
| 32 | SATU MARE | 10 |
| 33 | SIBIU | 47 |
| 34 | SUCEAVA | 24 |
| 35 | TELEORMAN | 6 |
| 36 | TIMIŞ | 35 |
| 37 | TULCEA | 4 |
| 38 | VÂLCEA | 5 |
| 39 | VASLUI | 71 |
| 40 | VRANCEA | 13 |
| 41 | MUNICIPIUL BUCUREŞTI | 76 |
| 42 | ILFOV | 21 |
| TOTAL | 766 |
At the same time, so far, 3.196 people diagnosed with COVID-19 died.
Between 20.08.2020 (10:00) – 21.08.2020 (10:00) were registered 42 deaths (25 men and 17 women), of some patients infected with the new coronavirus, hospitalized in Argeș, Bihor, Brăila, Brașov, Buzău, Călărași, Caraș-Severin, Constanța, Dâmbovița, Gorj, Hunedoara, Ialomița, Iași, Mehedinți, Mureș, Olt, Prahova, Sibiu, Tulcea, Vaslui.
Among these, 1 death was recorded in the age group 30-39 years, 2 deaths were recorded in the age group 40-49 years, 2 deaths were recorded in the age group 50-59 years, 13 deaths in the age category 60-69 years, 8 deaths in the age category 70-79 years and 16 deaths in the age category over 80 years.
In 38 cases death occurred in patients who had comorbidities. One patient had no comorbidities. For three patients have not been reported comorbidities till now.
In the specialized health units, the total number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 is 7.303. Of these, 497 patients are hospitalized at intensive care units.
Until today, 1.616.378 tests have been processed at national level. Of these, 25.363 were performed in the last 24 hours, 14.242 based on the case definition and medical protocol, and 11.121 on request.
Also, since the last SGC Information, have been reported the results of 60 tests processed before the last 24 hours and submitted until August 20th.
In Romania, 10.599 people confirmed with the new coronavirus are in isolation at home, and 5.601 people are in institutionalized isolation. Also, 20.166 people are quarantined at home, and 10 persons are in institutionalized quarantine.
In the last 24 hours, 961 calls were registered to the unique emergency number 112 and 592 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, 930 sanctions, amounting 277.642 lei.
Also, through the competent structures of the Police, 2 crimes were found yesterday, regarding the thwart the fight against diseases, 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 20h of August 2020, 1.981.994 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*
|
| United Kingdome | 321.098 (+812) | 41.397 (+16) | 1.544 (+49) |
| Spain | 370.867 (+6.671) | 28.797 (+127) | 150.376 – |
| Italy | 255.278 (+642) | 35.412 (+7) | 204.686 (+180) |
| France | 225.043 (+3.776) | 30.468 (+17) | 84.214 – |
| Germany | 228.621 (+1.707) | 9.253 (+10) | 205.359 (+905) |
Source: European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (CEPCB) (https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en )
| OVERALL SITUATION ON AUGUST 20th , 2020 | ||
| CONFIRMED CASES | DEATHS
|
CURED*
|
| 22.431.929 (+280.648) | 787.773 (+6.650) | 14.542.845 (+207.485) |
* According to data published by Johns Hopkins CSSE – https://systems.jhu.edu/
* Parenthesis data represent the number of new cases, between 19th—20th 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.
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