PRESS RELEASE, Strategic Communication Group, August 26th, 2020, 1 p.m.

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Until today, on August 26th, in Romania, 81.646 cases of people infected with COVID – 19 virus (coronavirus) have been confirmed.

36.286 were declared cured and discharged and 9.911 asymptomatic patients were discharged at 10 days after detection.

Following the tests performed at national level, compared to the last report, 1.256 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 1033 9
2. Arad 1706 41
3. Argeș 4903 31
4. Bacău 2473 49
5. Bihor 2114 28
6. Bistrița-Năsăud 1110 10
7. Botoșani 1301 12
8. Brașov 4334 35
9. Brăila 1483 28
10. Buzău 2121 24
11. Caraș-Severin 606 11
12. Călărași 497 4
13. Cluj 1916 42
14. Constanța 1543 23
15. Covasna 708 15
16. Dâmbovița 2895 44
17. Dolj 1545 25
18. Galați 3142 28
19. Giurgiu 634 15
20. Gorj 1483 15
21. Harghita 679 11
22. Hunedoara 1554 23
23. Ialomița 926 0
24. Iași 2619 72
25. Ilfov 2007 33
26. Maramureș 1053 33
27. Mehedinți 1090 12
28. Mureș 1313 19
29. Neamț 2023 33
30. Olt 1233 16
31. Prahova 3899 65
32. Satu Mare 264 18
33. Sălaj 337 6
34. Sibiu 1356 13
35. Suceava 5159 31
36. Teleorman 558 17
37. Timiș 2355 48
38. Tulcea 476 16
39. Vaslui 1623 46
40. Vâlcea 1038 41
41. Vrancea 2330 17
42. Bucharest 10126 196
43. – 81 1
 TOTAL 81.646

 

 1256

Aside from the newly confirmed cases, following the retesting of patients who were already positive, 572 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 6
2 ARAD 17
3 ARGEŞ 22
4 BACĂU 15
5 BIHOR 8
6 BISTRIŢA-NĂSĂUD 1
7 BOTOŞANI 5
8 BRĂILA 20
9 BRAŞOV 25
10 BUZĂU 4
11 CĂLĂRAŞI 1
12 CARAŞ-SEVERIN 0
13 CLUJ 40
14 CONSTANŢA 10
15 COVASNA 5
16 DÂMBOVIŢA 20
17 DOLJ 12
18 GALAŢI 13
19 GIURGIU 0
20 GORJ 15
21 HARGHITA 7
22 HUNEDOARA 2
23 IALOMIŢA 1
24 IAŞI 54
25 MARAMUREŞ 3
26 MEHEDINŢI 3
27 MUREŞ 17
28 NEAMŢ 23
29 OLT 8
30 PRAHOVA 34
31 SĂLAJ 3
32 SATU MARE 11
33 SIBIU 29
34 SUCEAVA 20
35 TELEORMAN 15
36 TIMIŞ 15
37 TULCEA 9
38 VÂLCEA 16
39 VASLUI 5
40 VRANCEA 5
41 BUCHAREST 47
42 ILFOV 6
  TOTAL 572

At the same time, so far, 3.421 people diagnosed with COVID-19 died.

Between 25.08.2020 (10:00) – 26.08.2020 (10:00) were registered 54 deaths (33 men and 21 women), of some patients infected with the new coronavirus, hospitalized in Arad, Argeș, Bacău, Bistrița-Năsăud, Brăila, Brașov, Buzău, Caraș-Severin, Covasna, Dolj, Galați, Harghita, Hunedoara, Ialomița, Iași, Maramureș, Mureș, Neamț, Prahova, Sălaj, Suceava, Teleorman, Timiș, Vaslui and  Bucharest.

Among these, 2 deaths were recorded in the age group 30 -39, years, 4 deaths were recorded in the age group 50-59 years, 12 deaths in the age category 60-69 years, 21 deaths in the age category 70-79 years and 6 deaths in the age category over 80 years.

In 52 cases death occurred in patients who had comorbidities.

In the specialized health units, the total number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 is 7.205. Of these, 502 patients are hospitalized at intensive care units.

Until today, 1.705.368  tests have been processed at national level. Of these, 25.320 were performed in the last 24 hours, 14.886 based on the case definition and medical protocol, and 10.434 on request.

Also, since the last SGC Information, have been reported the results of 434 tests processed before the last 24 hours and submitted until August 26th.

In Romania, 11.245 people confirmed with the new coronavirus are in isolation at home, and 5.522 people are in institutionalized isolation. Also, 31.364 people are quarantined at home, and 9 persons are in institutionalized quarantine.

In the last 24 hours, 1.021 calls were registered to the unique emergency number 112 and 599 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, 702 sanctions, amounting 218.050 lei.

Also, through the competent structures of the Police, one crime was 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, 6.585 Romanian citizens were confirmed as infected with COVID-19 (coronavirus): 1,898 in Italy, 1253 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, 3 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 25h of August 2020, 2 078 775 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 326.614     (+972)   41.433   (+4)         1.551       (+1)
Spania 405.436   (+19.382)   28.872  (+34)     150.376       –
Italia 260.298     (+953)   35.441   (+4)     206.015     (+353)
Franţa 244.854    (+1.955)   30.528  (+15)       85.757     (+405)
Germania 234.853    (+1.278)     9.277   (+5)     210.333    (+1.680)

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

OVERALL SITUATION ON AUGUST 25th , 2020
CONFIRMED CASES DEATHS

 

 CURED*

 
23.673.902   (+232.321) 813.944 (+4.522) 15.489.563    (+149.139)

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

* Parenthesis data represent the number of new cases, between 24th—25th 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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