PRESS RELEASE, Strategic Communication Group, August 29th, 2020, 1 p.m.

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Until today, on August 29th, in Romania, 85.833 cases of people infected with COVID – 19 virus (coronavirus) have been confirmed.

37.388 were declared cured and discharged and 10.618 asymptomatic patients were discharged at 10 days after detection.

Following the tests performed at national level, compared to the last report, 1.365 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 1088 18
2. Arad 1801 45
3. Argeș 4989 27
4. Bacău 2691 58
5. Bihor 2290 61
6. Bistrița-Năsăud 1134 6
7. Botoșani 1318 6
8. Brașov 4519 60
9. Brăila 1636 37
10. Buzău 2219 42
11. Caraș-Severin 659 18
12. Călărași 525 9
13. Cluj 1999 34
14. Constanța 1647 28
15. Covasna 748 9
16. Dâmbovița 3020 48
17. Dolj 1640 44
18. Galați 3253 46
19. Giurgiu 686 7
20. Gorj 1535 21
21. Harghita 697 8
22. Hunedoara 1642 48
23. Ialomița 945 1
24. Iași 2852 73
25. Ilfov 2132 19
26. Maramureș 1114 24
27. Mehedinți 1117 6
28. Mureș 1386 17
29. Neamț 2093 31
30. Olt 1287 19
31. Prahova 4121 57
32. Satu Mare 280 4
33. Sălaj 367 7
34. Sibiu 1416 14
35. Suceava 5270 30
36. Teleorman 578 5
37. Timiș 2518 45
38. Tulcea 529 7
39. Vaslui 1753 58
40. Vâlcea 1135 25
41. Vrancea 2359 2
42. Mun. București 10762 241
43. – 83 –
 TOTAL 85.833

 

 1.365

Aside from the newly confirmed cases, following the retesting of patients who were already positive, 651 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 3
3 ARGEŞ 37
4 BACĂU 36
5 BIHOR 35
6 BISTRIŢA-NĂSĂUD 4
7 BOTOŞANI 3
8 BRĂILA 1
9 BRAŞOV 33
10 BUZĂU 6
11 CĂLĂRAŞI 6
12 CARAŞ-SEVERIN 2
13 CLUJ 20
14 CONSTANŢA 11
15 COVASNA 5
16 DÂMBOVIŢA 16
17 DOLJ 6
18 GALAŢI 9
19 GIURGIU 10
20 GORJ 25
21 HARGHITA 2
22 HUNEDOARA 16
23 IALOMIŢA 2
24 IAŞI 48
25 MARAMUREŞ 1
26 MEHEDINŢI 3
27 MUREŞ 12
28 NEAMŢ 22
29 OLT 8
30 PRAHOVA 38
31 SĂLAJ 7
32 SATU MARE 8
33 SIBIU 5
34 SUCEAVA 15
35 TELEORMAN 17
36 TIMIŞ 33
37 TULCEA 5
38 VÂLCEA 10
39 VASLUI 22
40 VRANCEA 2
41 MUNICIPIUL BUCUREŞTI 87
42 ILFOV 17
  TOTAL 651

At the same time, so far, 3.539 people diagnosed with COVID-19 died.

Between 28.08.2020 (10:00) – 29.08.2020 (10:00) were registered 32 deaths (25 men and 7 women), of some patients infected with the new coronavirus, hospitalized in Alba, Arad, Argeș, Bacău, Bihor, Brașov, Caraș-Severin, Dolj, Gorj, Harghita, Hunedoara, Maramureș, Olt, Prahova, Satu Mare, Suceava, Timiș, Tulcea, Vrancea and  Bucharest.

Among these, 2 deaths were recorded in the age group 40 -49, 5 deaths were recorded in the age group 50-59 years, 4 deaths in the age category 60-69 years, 9 deaths in the age category 70-79 years and 12 deaths in the age category over 80 years.

In 30 cases death occurred in patients who had comorbidities, one deceased patient did not present comorbidities, and for one deceased patient no comorbidities have been reported so far.

In the specialized health units, the total number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 is 7.225. Of these, 490 patients are hospitalized at intensive care units.

Until today, 1.780.963 tests have been processed at national level. Of these, 24.043 were performed in the last 24 hours, 13.352 based on the case definition and medical protocol, and 10.691 on request.

In Romania, 8.982 people confirmed with the new coronavirus are in isolation at home, and 5.748 people are in institutionalized isolation. Also, 32.968 people are quarantined at home, and 72 persons are in institutionalized quarantine.

In the last 24 hours, 1.113  calls were registered to the unique emergency number 112 and 590 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, 730 sanctions, amounting 152.600 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, 6.589 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, 5 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 28h of August 2020, 2 141 538 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 330.368     (+1.522)   41.477   (+12)         1.615     (+51)
Spania 429.507     (+9.658)   28.996   (+25)     150.376       –
Italia 263.949     (+1.409)   35.463    (+5)     206.902     (+348)
Franţa 259.698     (+6.111)   30.576   (+32)       86.495     (+224)
Germania 239.507     (+1.571)     9.288    (+3)     214.186    (+1.277)

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

OVERALL SITUATION ON AUGUST 28th , 2020
CONFIRMED CASES DEATHS

 

 CURED*

 
24.473.843   (+269.157) 832.002   (+5.912) 16.199.127    (+262.108)   

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

* Parenthesis data represent the number of new cases, between 27th—28th 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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