PRESS RELEASE, Strategic Communication Group, August 27th, 2020, 1 p.m.

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Until today, on August 27th, in Romania, 83.150 cases of people infected with COVID – 19 virus (coronavirus) have been confirmed.

36.677 were declared cured and discharged and 10.130 asymptomatic patients were discharged at 10 days after detection.

Following the tests performed at national level, compared to the last report, 1.504 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 1050 17
2. Arad 1721 15
3. Argeș 4935 32
4. Bacău 2557 84
5. Bihor 2185 71
6. Bistrița-Năsăud 1117 7
7. Botoșani 1307 6
8. Brașov 4392 58
9. Brăila 1544 61
10. Buzău 2154 33
11. Caraș-Severin 619 13
12. Călărași 510 13
13. Cluj 1944 28
14. Constanța 1577 34
15. Covasna 721 13
16. Dâmbovița 2942 47
17. Dolj 1571 26
18. Galați 3174 32
19. Giurgiu 647 13
20. Gorj 1492 9
21. Harghita 684 5
22. Hunedoara 1577 23
23. Ialomița 934 8
24. Iași 2690 71
25. Ilfov 2070 63
26. Maramureș 1081 28
27. Mehedinți 1102 12
28. Mureș 1334 21
29. Neamț 2049 26
30. Olt 1251 18
31. Prahova 3986 87
32. Satu Mare 271 7
33. Sălaj 344 7
34. Sibiu 1374 18
35. Suceava 5196 37
36. Teleorman 567 9
37. Timiș 2416 61
38. Tulcea 504 28
39. Vaslui 1697 74
40. Vâlcea 1080 42
41. Vrancea 2341 11
42. Bucharest 10362 236
43. – 81 –
 TOTAL 83.150

 

 1.504

Aside from the newly confirmed cases, following the retesting of patients who were already positive, 583 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 4
2 ARAD 17
3 ARGEŞ 37
4 BACĂU 4
5 BIHOR 25
6 BISTRIŢA-NĂSĂUD 16
7 BOTOŞANI 8
8 BRĂILA 13
9 BRAŞOV 6
10 BUZĂU 21
11 CĂLĂRAŞI 6
12 CARAŞ-SEVERIN 2
13 CLUJ 27
14 CONSTANŢA 7
15 COVASNA 1
16 DÂMBOVIŢA 27
17 DOLJ 13
18 GALAŢI 15
19 GIURGIU 3
20 GORJ 15
21 HARGHITA 10
22 HUNEDOARA 7
23 IALOMIŢA 1
24 IAŞI 34
25 MARAMUREŞ 4
26 MEHEDINŢI 4
27 MUREŞ 4
28 NEAMŢ 27
29 OLT 13
30 PRAHOVA 24
31 SĂLAJ 11
32 SATU MARE 4
33 SIBIU 20
34 SUCEAVA 20
35 TELEORMAN 2
36 TIMIŞ 23
37 TULCEA 4
38 VÂLCEA 6
39 VASLUI 21
40 VRANCEA 6
41 Bucharest 66
42 ILFOV 5
  TOTAL 583

At the same time, so far, 3.459 people diagnosed with COVID-19 died.

Between 26.08.2020 (10:00) – 27.08.2020 (10:00) were registered 38 deaths (22 men and 16 women), of some patients infected with the new coronavirus, hospitalized in Arad, Bacău, Bihor, Bistrița-Năsăud, Brașov, Călărași, Caraș-Severin, Covasna, Dâmbovița, Galați, Gorj, Harghita, Hunedoara, Olt, Prahova, Satu Mare, Teleorman, Timiș, Tulcea, Vaslui, Vrancea and  Bucharest.

Among these, one death was recorded in the age group 30 -39, 6 deaths were recorded in the age group 50-59 years, 7 deaths in the age category 60-69 years, 13 deaths in the age category 70-79 years and 6 deaths in the age category over 80 years.

In 37 cases death occurred in patients who had comorbidities.

In the specialized health units, the total number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 is 7.288. Of these, 492 patients are hospitalized at intensive care units.

Until today, 1.730.420  tests have been processed at national level. Of these, 25.052 were performed in the last 24 hours, 14.151 based on the case definition and medical protocol, and 10.901 on request.

In Romania, 11.351 people confirmed with the new coronavirus are in isolation at home, and 5.654 people are in institutionalized isolation. Also, 30.770 people are quarantined at home, and 31 persons are in institutionalized quarantine.

In the last 24 hours, 1.014 calls were registered to the unique emergency number 112 and 572 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, 782 sanctions, amounting 252.651 lei.

Also, through the competent structures of the Police, one crime was found yesterday, regarding the  thwart the fight against diseases, 3 crimes 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, 126 Romanian citizens abroad died: 31 in Italy, 19 in France, 43 in Great Britain, 11 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 26h of August 2020, 2 097 431 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 327.798     (+1.184)   41.449   (+16)         1.551       –
Spania 412.553     (+7.117)   28.924   (+52)     150.376       –
Italia 261.174      (+876)   35.445   (+4)     206.329     (+314)
Franţa 248.158     (+3.304)   30.544  (+16)       85.811      (+54)
Germania 236.429     (+1.576)     9.280   (+3)     211.691    (+1.358)

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

OVERALL SITUATION ON AUGUST 26th , 2020
CONFIRMED CASES DEATHS

 

 CURED*

 
23.928.539  (+254.637) 819.756   (+5.812) 15.737.503    (+247.940)

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

* Parenthesis data represent the number of new cases, between 25th—26th 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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